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oldog

07-20-09, 08:30 AM

In Massachusetts, a police officer issued a warning to my wife for not wearing a helmet. She was just biking a mile down the street on a low traffic side street. Regardless, I thought helmets were not required by law unless you are under 12 years old. Can anyone confirm? Whats the best way to educate a police officer about this?

JoshTheSkier

07-20-09, 09:08 AM

If you put this up in Advocacy and Safety, you'll probably get a better response, it gets more traffic than this forum.

bktourer1

07-20-09, 09:11 AM

Unless they changed the law and didn't tell us, adults don't have to wear a helmet in MA

exRunner

07-20-09, 10:13 AM

How old is your wife? In the part of the country I grew up in, well lets just say... Lets not, actually, but you get the idea.

Stray8

07-20-09, 10:19 AM

http://www.helmets.org/masslaw.htm

16 or under. Unless she looks youthful, I'd say that he probably just wanted to stop her to check her out and used that for an excuse (i.e. that she should use a helmet)...LOL.

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