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Topeka — A bill before the Kansas Senate would require adults to be sure minors are wearing helmets while driving or riding a motorcycle.
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Should adults be ticketed if they let a minor ride or drive a motorcycle without a helmet?
- Yes 62% 67 votes
- No 37% 40 votes
- I don't know 0% 1 vote
108 total votes.
It's already illegal in Kansas for anyone under 18 to drive or ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet. But currently, it's the child who gets a ticket.
Under the new bill, any adult who lets a child onto a cycle without a helmet would also get ticketed.
The Governors Highway Safety Association says 43 of the 64 riders killed in motorcycle crashes in 2006 in Kansas weren't wearing helmets.
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