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Sometimes I forget the USA centric nature of forum until I read riding without helmet is legal... :0 I've see motorcycles without helmet last time I was down

Sometimes I forget the USA centric nature of forum until I read riding without helmet is legal... :0 I've see motorcycles without helmet last time I was down south in the fall and it scares the absolute beejesus bonkers out of me :/ (I've been riding for a decade, do occasional dirt trails, and have doing motorsport rallying a while back, but never enough of a daredevil to mount a bike without helmet and armour)

rz2k 9y ago
Riding without a helmet is not universally legal in the US. In the past there was pressure from the federal government on state governments to enact more universal laws about wearing helmets. Now many states only require that young riders wear helmets and a handful don't have any rule. Here is an overview with a map, too: http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/laws/helmetuse/mapmotorcyclehelmets http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/laws/helmetuse/mapmotorcycle...
- NikolaNovak 9y ago
  Thanks! Appreciate the further info! :>
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morganvachon 9y ago
> Sometimes I forget the USA centric nature of forum until I read riding without helmet is legal... :0 It varies by state; this is one of those occasions where the federal government leaves it up to each state to mandate as they please. You might be surprised to learn that Georgia, a deeply Republican (i.e. anti-regulation) state, has strict requirements for motorcycle safety including mandatory helmets for any vehicle classed as a motorcycle.
- wallace_f 9y ago
  Republican has come to mean more "anti-authority" with respect to regulations, and not even necessarily less, but just less ones which hurt private profits. It does not really any longer mean 'against ones which hurt individual liberties.'
raverbashing 9y ago
On the other hand, if one is in need of an organ donation, moving to one of those states might be a good idea

rz2k 9y ago

Riding without a helmet is not universally legal in the US. In the past there was pressure from the federal government on state governments to enact more universal laws about wearing helmets. Now many states only require that young riders wear helmets and a handful don't have any rule. Here is an overview with a map, too: http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/laws/helmetuse/mapmotorcyclehelmets http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/laws/helmetuse/mapmotorcycle...

NikolaNovak 9y ago
Thanks! Appreciate the further info! :>

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morganvachon 9y ago

> Sometimes I forget the USA centric nature of forum until I read riding without helmet is legal... :0 It varies by state; this is one of those occasions where the federal government leaves it up to each state to mandate as they please. You might be surprised to learn that Georgia, a deeply Republican (i.e. anti-regulation) state, has strict requirements for motorcycle safety including mandatory helmets for any vehicle classed as a motorcycle.

wallace_f 9y ago
Republican has come to mean more "anti-authority" with respect to regulations, and not even necessarily less, but just less ones which hurt private profits. It does not really any longer mean 'against ones which hurt individual liberties.'

raverbashing 9y ago

On the other hand, if one is in need of an organ donation, moving to one of those states might be a good idea