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Motorcycle Helmet Law

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Citizens Count Editor
Summary

New Hampshire is one of three states, along with lllinois and Iowa, without a motorcycle helmet law.

Bills mandating helmet use have repeatedly failed to pass the Legislature. 

Opponents believe adults should have the choice to wear a helmet and those who ride without one are only endangering themselves. Proponents of mandatory helmet laws say head injuries cost everyone through increased hospital costs, rehabilitation, and loss of employment.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 19 states and the District of Columbia have motorcycle helmet laws that require all riders to wear a helmet. Twenty-eight states have a motorcycle helmet law that only require some riders to wear a helmet.

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Anne
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Fraize
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Anne
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95 Mount Delight Rd
Deerfield, NH 03037-1304
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If your over 18 its up you

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Perrinez
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Wearing a helmet is irrelevant to the safety of other people.

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Dunbar
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Hampton, NH 03842
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Should NH have a helmet law? See what your fellow citizens had to say: http://www.citizenscount.org/current-trends/should-nh-have-helmet-law

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I road for years, always wore a helmet. My choice! Don't want to wear one...your choice.

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