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Are there any states, counties, or cities in the USA where bicycle helmets are mandatory?
This is not a troll, I would just like to know. One of these days I
plan on going on a long tour and would like to know if a helmet will be required anywhere. Smokey |
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Are there any states, counties, or cities in the USA where bicycle helmets are mandatory?
Smokey wrote:
This is not a troll, I would just like to know. One of these days I plan on going on a long tour and would like to know if a helmet will be required anywhere. http://www.bhsi.org/mandator.htm -- stephen dimmick :: |
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Are there any states, counties, or cities in the USA where bicycle helmets are mandatory?
On 15 Aug 2006 09:59:49 -0700, "Smokey"
wrote: This is not a troll, I would just like to know. One of these days I plan on going on a long tour and would like to know if a helmet will be required anywhere. Smokey Dear Smokey, This list gets updated fairly often. Right now, it's current as of 07-04-2006. http://www.helmets.org/mandator.htm Cheers, Carl Fogel |
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Are there any states, counties, or cities in the USA where bicycle helmets are mandatory?
Stephen Dimmick wrote: Smokey wrote: This is not a troll, I would just like to know. One of these days I plan on going on a long tour and would like to know if a helmet will be required anywhere. http://www.bhsi.org/mandator.htm -- stephen dimmick :: Thanks, Stephen, that's exactly what I needed. Smokey |
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Are there any states, counties, or cities in the USA where bicycle helmets are mandatory?
wrote: On 15 Aug 2006 09:59:49 -0700, "Smokey" wrote: This is not a troll, I would just like to know. One of these days I plan on going on a long tour and would like to know if a helmet will be required anywhere. Smokey Dear Smokey, This list gets updated fairly often. Right now, it's current as of 07-04-2006. http://www.helmets.org/mandator.htm Cheers, Carl Fogel Thanks Carl, I appreciate it. Smokey |
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Are there any states, counties, or cities in the USA where bicycle helmets are mandatory?
"Smokey" wrote in message ps.com... This is not a troll, I would just like to know. One of these days I plan on going on a long tour and would like to know if a helmet will be required anywhere. Yes. There are 37 states in the US where there are MHLs (states including Wa. DC and those entities more properly known as commonwealths). Some of these are state-wide, some are limited by geography or age, and so on. Reports on r.b.t. from some of the pro-helmet zealots are that they are weakly enforced, if at all. Good luck - but perhaps you might take your holiday in a more enlightened county, such as Gt. Britain, where there are no MHLs at all. |
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Are there any states, counties, or cities in the USA where bicycle helmets are mandatory?
Stephen Dimmick wrote:
Smokey wrote: This is not a troll, I would just like to know. One of these days I plan on going on a long tour and would like to know if a helmet will be required anywhere. http://www.bhsi.org/mandator.htm So no statewide laws for adults (closest looks to be WA); vast majority for kids and even then most are local. Go on your tour. |
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Are there any states, counties, or cities in the USA where bicycle helmets are mandatory?
Many localities require helmets for cyclists under a certain age, in
some cases only when the bike is being ridden on the street. To the best of my knowledge, none require them for adults. Enforcement is often capricious where the reglations are present. -- Typoes are a feature, not a bug. Some gardening required to reply via email. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts. |
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Are there any states, counties, or cities in the USA where bicycle helmets are mandatory?
I stand corrected. No states apparently require a helmet for adults
yet, but a fair number of localities have them including, I was unsurprised to see, the control-freak capital of Texas, Dallas. Houston has had a mostly-ignored helmet requirement for under-18 riders for over a decade. Adult riders in my part of town seem to be about 65 to 75% helmetless; the divide is fairly sharp, with cheap-bike riders on the streets and sidewalks mostly helmetless, and roadie/better-bike riders on the bike trails and bike routes mostly helmet-equipped. The EMTs at one of the local fire stations say that they've actually been getting fewer calls on bike mishaps lately despite the increase in the number of cyclists. -- Typoes are a feature, not a bug. Some gardening required to reply via email. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts. |
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Are there any states, counties, or cities in the USA where bicycle helmets are mandatory?
"Werehatrack" wrote in message ... I stand corrected. No states apparently require a helmet for adults yet, but a fair number of localities have them including, I was unsurprised to see, the control-freak capital of Texas, Dallas. That'd be over a million residents subject to this MHL. "Control-freak"-ness is not limited to Texas, the State of California requires that something over 10 million of its residents wear helmets while cycling. The EMTs at one of the local fire stations say that they've actually been getting fewer calls on bike mishaps lately despite the increase in the number of cyclists. Um, that's be _because of_, rather than _despite_ the increased number of cyclists. |
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