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What are the laws about wearing helmets?

April 26, 2017helmets Laws wearing

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What are the laws about wearing helmets?

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Massachusetts law requires any person 16 years old or younger riding a bicycle to wear a helmet. Helmets are a good idea for everyone. Wearing a bicycle helmet is the single most effective way to lower your risk of traumatic brain injury and death when you or your children ride a bike. A helmet protects your head by absorbing the force of an impact that otherwise would hurt you. Thick plastic foam inside the hard outer shell of the helmet provides padding so the helmet takes the force of the blow, instead of your head.