What States Have Bicycle Helmet Laws?

McCann

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Eleven and younger
Louisiana and Pennsylvania require bicycle riders below the age of 12 to wear a helmet.
New York has enacted a law that requires children between the ages of one and 13 to wear a helmet and children under the age of one are prohibited from riding a bike altogether.
Fourteen/fifteen and younger
In West Virginia it is against the law for anyone 14 years of age and younger to ride a bicycle without wearing a protective helmet.
The following states require bicycle riders below the age of 16 to wear a helmet: Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island and Tennessee. The District of Columbia also has an ordinance permitting children 15 and younger from riding without a helmet.

Seventeen and younger
It is against the law in both New Jersey and Massachusetts for a bicycle rider under the age of 17 to ride without a helmet. Additionally, Massachusetts prohibits any child under the age of one to ride a bicycle at all.
The following states require bicycle riders below the age of 18 to wear a helmet: Delaware, California and New Mexico.

is there a bicycle helmet law in georgia for persons over the age of 16?

mr b

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I don't think there is a mandatory bicycle law for adults anywhere in the United States.

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