A worthy objective my friend. Seat belt violations are the same here. Disgusting.
Texas also has a really stupid way of dealing with the helmet issue. Anyone under 18 must be protected. People over 18 will be exempt from helmets if A) One has taken the state motorcycle safety course or B) One has at least $10,000 medical insurance coverage.
Insurance coverage through work exempts me. Lots of people take that course though - it just irks me that they require it.
The part that really ticks me off is that if one is exempt you *may* buy a windshield sticker for your bike from the state so any law enforcement officer can see from the sticker that you're legal without a helmut. BUT, the sticker can't be *required* by law. Which means that any rider without a helmut who doesn't buy the sticker can be pulled over.
I didn't buy the sticker because it's a stupid law AND because when they passed that law I had 5 motorcycles and would need one for each bike. BUT, 2 of the bikes didn't have windshields anyway so I'd have had to put the sticker on the front of the tank.... which really couldn't be seen anyway. Also, if you ride anyone else's bike, you can still be stopped. If you buy or trade a bike you have to get a new sticker.
Then too, anyone who really wanted a sticker but didn't qualify *could* buy an old windshield or bike from someone *with* a sticker....
Get my drift on how utterly *STUPID* this is?
GGGRRRRR... @holes do vex me.