Motorcycle helmets: Mandatory or optional 14 Articles

by Ruth Woodhouse

Living in Australia, where wearing a motorcycle helmet has now been mandatory for many years, I find the argument against such measures impossible to comprehend. Indeed, in this nation it has even been compulsory for cycl...read more

by Karon Brandt

There are some things worse than death - and that could be surviving a cycle accident with severe burns, disfigurement, paraplegia or life-long back pain. My husband and I wear helmets for our own protection, but also ...read more

by Ken Bingenheimer

I got the obligatory newspaper clipping from my mother the other day. You know, the one that talks about how motorcycle deaths are up at the same time that some states are relaxing their helmet laws. Let's face it, moms...read more

by Noel Horlanda

Without thinking I would say it is mandatory. By mandatory we mean that every bike riders should or must wear prescribed safety helmets for safe motoring and that is I believe a universal law. In the Philippines regardless...read more

by Karen Moore

Whether or not the mandatory helmet laws enacted by many states are a government intrusion into personal choice is simply a matter of opinion. While helmets may save lives, they can also be an obstruction for safe motorin...read more

by Gregory Peltz

Informed consent. That simple phrase, two little words, is the truest definition of "freedom". The freedom to weigh all the facts, and then make one's own decisions. The freedom to choose is pointless, without assurin...read more

by Timmos Norton

It's illuminating to peruse articles written, both pro and con on whether, by force of law, government should mandate helmets for motorcyclists. I am a lifelong rider, and I am also a survivor of more than one horrific cr...read more

by monkeybone

mandatory helmet law? we are required to wear a seat belt...we are required to place our children in safety seats...driving a car , or riding a motorcycle is a privilege, not a right. so why do helmet laws offend so ma...read more

by Michael Mulvihill

If we lived in a perfect world and gravity didn't play a role in motorcycling, safety equipment would be of little consequence. The bike wouldn't fall over, who needs a kickstand? No skin would touch pavement so gloves and...read more

by Rabi

Should motorcycle helmets be a mandatory article of protection for bikers? It's quite simple. There are two sides to this. One group feels that they should, purely for the protection provided. The other camp strongly b...read more

by Dan Garrett

Land of the Free? The phrase "land of the free" is not what used to be. Any American who still thinks we live in a "free" country is, for a lack of a better word MISTAKEN. Nothing in this country is free, not even death...read more

by Valerie Vance

Should helmet laws be repealed and make it optional for motorcycle riders to wear them? The simple answer is no. The main reason for this is due to the fact that this is the greatest protection for the rider. Consider t...read more

by Shelli Manning

I don't know if it has to do with me being a woman, but when I tell someone that I drive a motorcycle, often times the first question they ask me is if I wear a helmet. I always answer honestly; I do not. The words you' ...read more

by wannashare

On a personal level, I think that every person riding a motorcycle should wear a helmet. However, whether wearing a helmet should be mandatory or optional is a different question. On one side of the coin, it could be...read more