DOT & Helmet Laws

[glgarrett]

Louisiana has gone back and forth so it is hard to keep up but by the map supplied earlier and the number of riders I meet with helmets, guess for now helmets are required. I have always used a helmet in forty years of riding but do agree with most of Porter's sentiments...

 

[wannaride]

I prefer to ride with out the BB. But one of our last rides, we were behind some people & on a curve, one of them kinda went to straight & down into the ditch & into a barbed wire fence. Bike took a good hit but the rider was wearing leathers & a BB & only ended up with some scraps. Now my wife insists that I wear my helmet. I use 2 different one's, 1) half helmet nice weather & 2) 3/4 w/full face lens. Both DOT but my half I painted so it no longer has the lettering on the back stating that it is.

Toby

 

[Route66rider]

..... Truth is, if i have another bad accident, i don't want to live through it, let somebody have the organs and put the rest of me in a box. .....

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[Jack Klarich]

When I moved to Florida 13 years ago we had a helmet law since been repealed. I got pulled over my first day here for non DOT helmet by the FLHP. He yacked about alot of things in the end he gave me a warning saying he could not state fact on the non DOT helmet and he really wanted a close look at my new 97 FLHT with fishtail drags he could have written me for

 

[alto]

Although we do not have a helmet law in CT, we never roll without our full face helmets on. I,m all for personal choice and our choice is to wear helmets

 

[Rafael]

Do you wear a DOT helmet? Yes or no and why?

It depends. Sometimes yes sometimes no...always on the Interstate and to bed....just kiding, aint got a bed.

I have several and some are DOT and some not. I will tell you I picked up my first Full Face helmet ever a few weeks ago to deal with the cold and I be liking it....the helmet, still not liking the cold.