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Mich. House Passes 'Opt Out' Option for State's Helmet Law
Midwest News • October 12, 2007
The Michigan State House passed legislation on Thursday, Oct. 11th that would enable motorcyclists to ride without their helmets on Michigan roads. The newest proposal includes an "opt-out" ...
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| Subject | Posted By | Posted On |
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| don't wear a helmet | caveat emptor | Oct 12, 2007, 6:13 pm |
| RE: RE: The State is in Need of Revenue | Nobody Important | Oct 12, 2007, 3:17 pm |
| RE: The State is in Need of Revenue | Claims Guy | Oct 12, 2007, 2:34 pm |
| The State is in Need of Revenue | MI Resident | Oct 12, 2007, 10:48 am |
| RE: RE: Okay, so try enforcing it. | Outsider | Oct 12, 2007, 7:53 am |
| RE: Okay, so try enforcing it. | Nobody Important | Oct 12, 2007, 7:40 am |
| Okay, so try enforcing it. | Ratemaker | Oct 12, 2007, 7:18 am |
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Subject: Okay, so try enforcing it.
There is no way for a police office to determine which helmetless cyclists have paid the fee and which have not. Special tabs for the cycle's license plate won't work, because the plate is too darn small to see when its moving at 70 mph. Either helmetless riding will become a secondary violation or a lot of people who complied with the new law would be harassed unnecessarily.
Either way, there are going to be a lot more helmetless riders than there are fees paid.
If our legislature wants to repeal the helmet law (and I'm not saying they should or should not), this is real half-cocked way to go about it.