Maine Bill Would Require Helmets for All Riders

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com

A bill in the Maine legislature that would require all riders to wear helmets has been referred to committee.

Proposed by Rep. Paulette Beaudoin, a Democrat from Biddeford, the bill was sent Tuesday to the Transportation Committee. A similar bill introduced by Beaudoin in 2009 got rejected.

Current Maine law requires riders under 18 to wear a helmet whether operating a bike or riding as a passenger. Motorcyclists riding with a learner’s permit or with less than one year’s experience must also wear helmets.

Beaudoin’s bill requires anyone on a bike to be helmeted and, if approved, would restore a helmet law that was repealed in the late 1970s.

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