

Counties, state, and federal government pass thousands of laws every year, they never or rarely remove the dumb ones.they just ad to them. I fall under the Libertarian view, we need less regulation.our cities. But to your point, I think having an intercom to talk and music is a must, it makes wearing the helmet MUCH nicer!īut I dont like politicians who I wouldnt let tie my shoes making decisions for me. Personally I build all my play cars with extreme head clearance front back and Im a toss up on this, its a good idea to wear your helmet, but just above this thread is one on big government trying to screw us. Personally all I have to say to the manufactures is "Bend over and take it like you gave it to us assholes!" Do like you did to us and find yourself another Congressmen that you can grease and get this proposal to go away. But now when its not in their favor, they are crying and asking us to support them. They got this law passed with little to no resistance from the off-road community as they for the most part snuck it by everyone.īut now the Federal Government is proposing design standards for UTV's and now the Manufactures are upset and are trying to get all of us UTV users to get vocal and let the Federal Government know we do not support these proposed standards and want them to leave us alone.Īll I can say is you reap what you sew! The manufactures had no problem paying and getting a Senator to "write" and push a bill threw the Senate floor. This California UTV helmet law was paid for, supported and pushed through by all the UTV Manufactures aka ROVHA. Its a "Cover your Ass" law that protects the UTV manufactures.Īnother thing I find very interesting.

Once again this shows this UTV helmet law is not for your safety. And lets not forget you do not have to wear a helmet on a dirt bike on BLM land, Its highly suggested, but its not a law. I would have just used the headsets, just like I would and could legally in California, since helmets are not law in buggy's. If I would have brought my prerunner down to Baja, I would have never thought of wearing a helmet. Would have wearing a helmet been a little safer? Sure, but it sure did feel good to be able to run and feel the wind in our face like the old days. When we did our Baja Adventure which I posted the story on UTVU, we chose to leave the helmets at home and just run with ball caps, goggles and headsets on. I did not like them as much, as the ventilation is poor when not hooked up to a pumper. I have pulled out a few of my race helmets and have used them on some cold or night rides. Up to this point we have been using Moto helmets, wired for the intercom. Bummer part is I have not found away to add an intercom kit to these helmets.

Up to this point she has been wearing a skateboard helmet as it is light, and does not push her head forward like a Moto, or any other DOT helmet does on a young child. But even with that said I have had a hard time finding a helmet that fits and is safe for my 4 soon to be 5 year old to wear. I would have been much more in support of a helmet law for minors 18 and under. Do I think wearing a helmet is a good idea? Yes, but I feel as an adult and US tax paying citizen I should have the right to chose. Like most I dont like the fact that I have to wear a helmet because its a law.
