Bike - lovers demonstrated against the government recently in the hopes that
a new helmet law will be struck down by the Powers - That - Be.
Not exact matches
The
law firm of Martin, Harding and Mazzotti LLP is also donating hundreds of
new bike
helmets to police departments in the Capital Region to distribute to children who need them.
But the
new mayor was not given an easy ride by Labour members on the panel, one of which presented him with a bicycle
helmet asking him to promise to obey the
law and wear it.
The bill passed Thursday by the Senate is modeled after the
New York State Bicycle
Helmet Law, according to its sponsors.
but in the interest of education and accuracy, seat - belt
laws are state
laws — at least they started off as such — and they save millions of lives, billions of dollars, and they lower your insurance premiums just like mandatory
helmet laws and mandatory auto insurance
laws... and like the
new requirement that everyone have health insurance.
A
new study released in the Journal of Pediatrics looked at the death rate in Ontario, Canada for kids on bikes before and after the mandatory
helmet law was passed in 1995 and found that it cut the death rate in half.
The
new law will demand that young riders wear
helmets when they ride, stay on the sidewalk, and keep their speed under 35 miles per hour.
New York's motorcycle
helmet law states that «it shall be unlawful for any person to operate or ride upon a motorcycle unless he wears a protective
helmet.»
Illinois is just one of three states (Iowa and
New Hampshire are the others) without a motorcycle
helmet use
law for riders of any age.
Three states (Illinois, Iowa and
New Hampshire) had no
helmet use
laws.