State by
state
Motorcycle and Helmet Laws
|
State
|
Helmet
required
|
Daytime
Headlights
|
Eye
Protection
|
Radar / Kids
/ Earphones
|
Yearly
Inspections
|
Lane*
Sharing
|
Blood Alcohol
|
Max Speed
|
|
Over 21
|
Under 21
|
Rural
|
Urban
|
|
Alabama
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
70
|
70
|
|
Alaska
|
18
|
Required
|
Required
|
|
Random
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.00
|
65
|
55
|
|
Arizona
|
18
|
|
Required
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.08
|
75
|
55
|
|
Arkansas
|
21
|
Required
|
Required
|
|
Random
|
|
.08
|
.02
|
70
|
55
|
|
California
|
Yes
|
Required
|
|
1 Ear Only
|
Random
|
Yes*
|
.08
|
.01
|
70
|
65
|
|
Colorado
|
|
|
Required
|
|
Random
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
75
|
65
|
|
Connecticut
|
18
|
Required
|
Required
|
|
Random
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
65
|
55
|
|
Delaware
|
19 Rflct
|
|
Required
|
|
Yes
|
|
.08
|
.02
|
65
|
55
|
|
Florida
|
21
|
Required
|
Required
|
|
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
70
|
65
|
|
Georgia
|
Yes
|
Required
|
Required
|
No Music
|
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
70
|
65
|
|
Hawaii
|
18 Rflct
|
|
Required
|
No Pass Under
7
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
55
|
50
|
|
Idaho
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
.08
|
.02
|
75
|
65
|
|
Illinois
|
|
Required
|
Required
|
|
|
|
.08
|
.00
|
65
|
55
|
|
Indiana
|
18
|
Required
|
18
|
|
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
65
|
55
|
|
Iowa
|
|
Required
|
|
|
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
65
|
55
|
|
Kansas
|
18
|
Required
|
Required
|
|
Random
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
70
|
70
|
|
Kentucky
|
21
|
|
Required
|
|
|
|
.08
|
.02
|
65
|
55
|
|
Louisiana
|
Yes
|
|
Required
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
70
|
55
|
|
Maine
|
16
|
Required
|
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.00
|
65
|
55
|
|
Maryland
|
Yes Rflct
|
|
Required
|
|
At Sale
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.00
|
65
|
65
|
|
Massachusetts
|
Yes
|
|
Required
|
No Earphones
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
65
|
65
|
|
Michigan
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Random
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
70
|
65
|
|
Minnesota
|
18
|
Required
|
Required
|
1 Ear Only
|
Random
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.00
|
70
|
65
|
|
Missouri
|
Yes
|
|
Required
|
|
Yes
|
|
.08
|
.02
|
70
|
70
|
|
Mississippi
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Yes
|
|
.08
|
.02
|
70
|
60
|
|
Montana
|
18
|
Required
|
|
|
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
75
|
65
|
|
Nebraska
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
75
|
65
|
|
Nevada
|
Yes
|
|
Required
|
|
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
75
|
65
|
|
New Hampshire
|
|
|
Required
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
65
|
65
|
|
New Jersey
|
Yes Rflct
|
|
|
|
Yes
|
|
.08
|
.01
|
65
|
55
|
|
New Mexico
|
18 Rflct
|
|
Required
|
|
Random
|
|
.08
|
.02
|
75
|
55
|
|
New York
|
Yes Rflct
|
Required
|
Required
|
1 Ear Only
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
65
|
65
|
|
North Carolina
|
Yes
|
Required
|
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.00
|
70
|
65
|
|
North Dakota
|
18 Rflct
|
|
|
|
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
75
|
55
|
|
Ohio
|
18
|
|
Required
|
|
Random
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
65
|
65
|
|
Oklahoma
|
18
|
Required
|
Required
|
|
|
|
.08
|
.00
|
75
|
70
|
|
Oregon
|
Yes
|
Required
|
|
|
Random
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.00
|
65
|
55
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
21
|
Required
|
Required
|
No Music
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
65
|
55
|
|
Rhode Island
|
21
|
|
Required
|
No Earphones
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
65
|
55
|
|
South Carolina
|
21 Rflct
|
Required
|
21
|
|
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
70
|
70
|
|
South Dakota
|
18
|
|
Required
|
|
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
75
|
65
|
|
Tennessee
|
Yes
|
Required
|
Required
|
|
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
70
|
70
|
|
Texas
|
21
|
Required
|
|
|
Yes
|
|
.08
|
.00
|
70
|
70
|
|
Utah
|
18
|
|
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.00
|
75
|
65
|
|
Vermont
|
Yes Rflct
|
|
Required
|
|
Yes
|
|
.08
|
.02
|
65
|
55
|
|
Virginia
|
Yes
|
|
Required
|
No Radar Det
|
Yes
|
No
|
.08
|
.02
|
65
|
55
|
|
Washington
|
Yes
|
Required
|
Required
|
No Pass Under
6
|
Random
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
70
|
60
|
|
Washington DC
|
Yes
|
|
Required
|
No Radar Det
|
Yes
|
|
.08
|
.02
|
55
|
55
|
|
West Virginia
|
Yes Rflct
|
Required
|
Required
|
|
Yes
|
|
.08
|
.02
|
70
|
55
|
|
Wisconsin
|
18
|
Required
|
Required
|
|
Random
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.00
|
65
|
65
|
|
Wyoming
|
18
|
Required
|
|
|
|
Yes
|
.08
|
.02
|
75
|
60
|
|
Canada
|
Yes
|
Required
|
|
No Radar Det,
Music
|
|
|
.08
|
.08
|
65
|
55
|
|
State
|
Helmet
required
|
Daytime
Headlights
|
Eye
Protection
|
Radar / Kids
/ Earphones
|
Yearly
Inspections
|
Lane*
Sharing
|
Over 21
|
Under 21
|
Rural
|
Urban
|
|
Blood Alcohol
|
Max Speed
|
*
- Two motorcycles in a single lane.
In California Only, lane splitting is legal. Motorcycles may drive
between cars, but not on shoulders.
Helmet Laws by State
|
 |
No Law
Under 18
Under 21
Everyone
|
|
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