Many people say it is common sense to have a helmet law especially since this affect a MINORITY of drivers. Since the vast majority of auto accidents are head injuries, why limit the protection of helmets to a small minority of vehicles? Let's mandate helmets for ALL vehicles. That would save far more lives than just mandating them for motorcycles. Common sense would dictate this.

Now that this would affect the MAJORITY of drivers (and their passengers), it may not sound like such a good idea.

In the end this is not a SAFETY issue, but a FREEDOM of choice issue.

ALL types of Mandatory legislation Suck! It's about time people took responsibility for their own actions and quit blaming the government when something does not go according to their wishes.
Forget mandatory helmet laws and let those who ride, decide. Those that chose to go helmetless will have to face responsibility for their action and those that chose to wear a "safety device" that actually increses the fatality rate from NECK injuries and has not been proven to lower the fatality rate from HEAD injuries will have to accept the responsibity for their own actions.
The only way to reduce motorcycle accidents statistics is through EDUCATION, for both riders and the general public as well.

Why on earth would anyone ever willingly give up any right, liberty, or freedom? Big Brother government is never a good thing. Today the government wants to tell us when, where, and what kind of saftey gear we must wear. How long before they tell us what we can and can't eat? How long before they put us on mandatory exercise programs? Or forced medication? Helmet laws (AKA Nanny Laws) are not about safety. They're about who owns your body. You or the government? The only way I can tell you what to wear is if you are my slave, servant, or kid. Nanny laws are unamerican. Freedom, liberty, and personal responsibility is what America is all about. Just ask Ron Paul.

Anarchy is a pretty extreme description of someone who simply doesn't want the government making all their decisions.

Our Government has slowly but surely tightened it's grip on our lives - to the point that many of us get nervous when something (relatively) trivial such as helmet laws are discussed. Why? Because it starts with 'them' telling you to wear a helmet and before you know what hit you (no pun intended) they will be putting power-to-weight restrictions on the motorcycles themselves! I promise you it's not far off.

You can disguise just about anything if you do it gradually. No one knows that better than our government.