Spot on. jno; in Cyprus the law is that crash-helmets must be worn when riding any kind of motorised 2-wheel vehicle, and failure to observe this law is punishable by a heavy fine and licence endorsement. On average, about 20% of riders observe the law, and in 16 years of visiting and living there I've never seen a single rider pulled over for not wearing a helmet. I've been passed as though I were standing still on one of the island's few motorways (100 kph speed limit) by a helmetless rider on a big 4-cylinder bike when I was doing 140 kph, and the police car we were both passing ignored us completely.