Bicycle Helmet Requirements
It is against the law for any person under the age of 18 years of age to operate a bicycle or ride upon a bicycle as a passenger, on a street, bikeway, public bicycle path, or trail unless that person is wearing a properly fitted and fastened bicyclehe
lmet. This requirement also appices to a person who rides upon a bicycle while in a restraining seat that is attached to the bicycle or in a trailer towed by the bicycle.
The first time an individual receives a ticket for this violation it will be dismissed in open court when the person alleges in court, under oath, that he has never received a ticket for this violation unless it is established in court that htis is not hi
s first ticket for this violation.
Any subsequent ticket issued for this violation is punishable by a fine not to exceed $77
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