As a longtime rider and a resident of Florida, let me say, way to go, pal! It has been said that, "You can't legislate stupidity", and yet we mandat infant car seats, seat belts, air bags, and coming next tear, traction control...Why is it no one screams about BIG BROTHER, or their rights being violated when we talk about these things, but so many freak out when we try to mandate helmets? I would never ride without one, and my brothers...Neither should you, but in Florida, the nightmare is amplified even more. We have so many tourists, and many of them are on bikes. I'm guessin' no one knows the percentage of riders who come to Bike Week or Biketoberfest in Daytona who are only casual, once-in-a-while kind of riders...And how many of them want to come to Florida, look like "a biker", and ride without a helmet? EIGHTEEN DEATHS this past Bike Week...more than ever in the 65 year history...Enough is enough...I spent 15 years as a Critical Care RN, and I've patched up enough fellow riders, and seen many of them die...ENOUGH!
SquireJim