New York Motorcycle Helmet Law
Also See: New York Motorcycle Insurance Laws or Motor Vehicle Accidents.
| State | Motorcycle helmets | Bicycle helmets (Local law may require helmet use for some or all bicyclists) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universal law (covers all riders) |
Partial law (covers young riders or some adult riders) |
Bicyclists covered by state law | No state law | ||
| Alabama | X | 15 and younger | |||
| Alaska | 17 and younger1 | X | |||
| Arizona | 17 and younger | X | |||
| Arkansas | 20 and younger | X | |||
| California | X | 17 and younger | |||
| Colorado | no motorcycle helmet use law | X | |||
| Connecticut | 17 and younger | 15 and younger | |||
| Delaware | 18 and younger | 15 and younger | |||
| District of Columbia | X | 15 and younger | |||
| Florida | 20 and younger2 | 15 and younger | |||
| Georgia | X | 15 and younger | |||
| Hawaii | 17 and younger | 15 and younger | |||
| Idaho | 17 and younger | X | |||
| Illinois | no motorcycle helmet use law | X | |||
| Indiana | 17 and younger | X | |||
| Iowa | no motorcycle helmet use law | X | |||
| Kansas | 17 a | ||||