The bill passed and the law is officially repealed. Personal choice finally won the day in West Virginia. Thank you for staying the course.
March 7, 2019
Final supporters
Motorcycle helmet laws vary widely among the states and have changed a lot in the past half a century. Currently, West Virginia is among 19 states and the District of Columbia with a law requiring all riders (operators and passengers) to wear a helmet.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) urges "everyone aboard a motorcycle be required to wear a helmet." Polls show most Americans agree. They view it is a public health issue. This is simply not the case.
A public health issue arises when masses of people are exposed to illness or injury by dangers beyond their control—contaminated water, sooty air, natural disaster—or when I get a serious disease that I may pass on to you against your will.
With that being said, we the people of West Virginia do call upon our Delegates and Senators to enact House Bill 2070 and Let Those Who Ride Decide.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
January 28, 2019
January 28, 2019
The feedback from riders across the state has been overwhelming. We are currently preparing to present these signatures to the delegates.
Reached 100 supporters
January 23, 2019
397 Comments
It should be up to the rider if they wear a helmet. More people would ride through the state (spending money) and also be involved in our charitable poker/dice runs, which truly benefits everyone. Give people the choice.
I have been down with a helmet and without. I have been hurt by a helmet, sever whiplash (due to sliding along the underside of a bike, the frame caught my helmet and drug me with the bike) and then saved by a helmet. This should be our right to decide.
Helmets limit peripheral vision much like blinders on a horse.let those who ride decide if they want their senses limited by gear that is likely to hinder their ability to avoid a crash entirely.
It Should be up to the individual weather to wear a helmet or not. Should a driver or passenger in a convertible passenger vehicle wear a helmet??..no is your answer. Let the rider have the choice.. thanks
I feel it’s our right as a person to decide if we want to wear one or not. I was in a motorcycle accident a couple years ago and if I would have had one on I wouldn’t have been hear today
I believe helmets should be a riders choice
Let the riders decide.
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The bill passed and the law is officially repealed. Personal choice finally won the day in West Virginia. Thank you for staying the course.
March 7, 2019
Final supporters
Motorcycle helmet laws vary widely among the states and have changed a lot in the past half a century. Currently, West Virginia is among 19 states and the District of Columbia with a law requiring all riders (operators and passengers) to wear a helmet.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) urges "everyone aboard a motorcycle be required to wear a helmet." Polls show most Americans agree. They view it is a public health issue. This is simply not the case.
A public health issue arises when masses of people are exposed to illness or injury by dangers beyond their control—contaminated water, sooty air, natural disaster—or when I get a serious disease that I may pass on to you against your will.
With that being said, we the people of West Virginia do call upon our Delegates and Senators to enact House Bill 2070 and Let Those Who Ride Decide.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
January 28, 2019
January 28, 2019
The feedback from riders across the state has been overwhelming. We are currently preparing to present these signatures to the delegates.
Reached 100 supporters
January 23, 2019
397 Comments
I have a choice while riding in Ohio at which there ate times weather varying that I chose to wear my helmet, but must stop at YOUR W.V. state line to put it on when in fact I havent wore it till then once again weather varying AT MY DISCRETION! Thanks for considering
It should be up to the rider if they wear a helmet. More people would ride through the state (spending money) and also be involved in our charitable poker/dice runs, which truly benefits everyone. Give people the choice.
I have been down with a helmet and without. I have been hurt by a helmet, sever whiplash (due to sliding along the underside of a bike, the frame caught my helmet and drug me with the bike) and then saved by a helmet. This should be our right to decide.
Helmets limit peripheral vision much like blinders on a horse.let those who ride decide if they want their senses limited by gear that is likely to hinder their ability to avoid a crash entirely.
It Should be up to the individual weather to wear a helmet or not. Should a driver or passenger in a convertible passenger vehicle wear a helmet??..no is your answer. Let the rider have the choice.. thanks
I feel it’s our right as a person to decide if we want to wear one or not. I was in a motorcycle accident a couple years ago and if I would have had one on I wouldn’t have been hear today
I believe helmets should be a riders choice
Let the riders decide.
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I have a choice while riding in Ohio at which there ate times weather varying that I chose to wear my helmet, but must stop at YOUR W.V. state line to put it on when in fact I havent wore it till then once again weather varying AT MY DISCRETION! Thanks for considering