Mandatory Bicycle Helmet Laws

[Motown_Johnny]

47. Michigan doesn't even have mandatory motorcycle helmets anymore

I will admit that some decades ago, when living in Colorado where there was no helmet law, I was known to ride my motorcycle without a helmet.

Now that I have more respect for my own mortality I would never do it again. In fact, I stopped riding my motorcycle altogether when someone hit my car and totaled it 5 or 6 years ago. If I was on my bike, DU would have one less donor.

I never wore a helmet on any bicycle even though I did buy one when I bought my first mountain bike. I cannot in good conscience try to dictate that others should do as I say and not as I have done. I think that helmets should be left up to the parents of those under 16 or 14 or whatever. I don't think legislating this is a good idea.




http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120413/POLITICS02/204130397

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April 13, 2012 at 7:17 pm

Motorcyclists praise 'freedom' helmet law repeal brings, others concerned


Lansing— Motorcyclists can let their hair blow in the wind in Michigan starting today after Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill into law repealing a helmet requirement for riders.

Riders celebrated the end of the law they've opposed for decades while others raised the prospect that the change will raise insurance costs and the number of injuries and fatalities.

Snyder's signature on the controversial bill ends weeks of speculation about whether he'd go along with the Republican-backed repeal, which last year he asked lawmakers not to deliver without a wholesale makeover of Michigan's no-fault auto insurance system.