|
Helmet
Laws in Akansas
|
|
AGE
REQUIREMENT
MOTORCYCLE HELMET
LAW IN ARKANSAS |
STATUTE:
Chapter
20, Operation of
Motorized Cycles;
Subchapter 1.
Motorcycles,
motor-driven cycles, and
motorized bicycles;
Section 27-20-104
Standard equipment
required . . . (b) :
"All
passengers and
operators of
motorcycles and
motor-driven cycles
used upon the public
streets and highways
of this state shall be
equipped with the
following equipment
under standards set
forth by the Office of
Motor Vehicle of the
State of Arkansas:
(1)
Protective headgear
unless the person is
twenty-one (21)
years of age or
older; and
(2)
Protective glasses,
goggles, or
transparent face
shields.
FINE:
The
fine according to Pope
County is $100.00.
STANDARDS:
27-20-104
Standard equipment
required . . . (b) :
"
. . . standards set
forth by the Office of
Motor Vehicles of the
State of Arkansas . .
."
COURT
DECISIONS:
"Since
this section bears a
reasonable, real, and
substantial relation to
the public health,
safety, and welfare, it
is constitutional as a
valid exercise of the
police power of the
state."
Penney v. City of North
Little Rock, 248 Ark.
1158, 455 S.W.2d 132
(1970).
(NOTE:
This decision has to do
with the limited question
of the State's right to
impose safety regulation
on individuals under the
police powers, and not
on the subject of
unconstitutional
vagueness. In other
words, the definition of
"protective
headgear" is vague;
which means the Arkansas
statute requiring
motorcyclists to wear
"protective
headgear" is vague;
which means the Arkansas
helmet law is
unconstitutional . . .
Penney v. City of North
Little Rock
notwithstanding.)
CURRENT
ACTIVITY:
HB
1024
- 2/8/03 - failed in
committee! R.I.P.
HB
1024
- 1/13/03 - Rep. Bledsoe
has submitted a bill to
rescind Freedom of
Choice of persons 21 and
over by revising
Arkansas Vehicle Code
27-20-104(b)1 to require
that ALL Riders wear
helmets. The Bill is
currently in
committee... there is a
'grass-roots' movement
to get signatures on a
support petition to
strike-down the bill and
not change the current
law. DO NOT LOSE YOUR
FREEDOM of CHOICE: GET
INVOLVED!
Online
Info and Discussion
Forum:
WEBSITES:
|
|
|
|
