[GraceG]

I can see making goggles mandatory as there are bugs, sand, grit, etc that can interfere with someone’s ability to drive safely.

But I think people should have the freedom to be dumb and fatally bash their brains into a support pillar on an interstate overpass if they want to.

I also think seat belt laws are dumb on that same line of reasoning.

Any of these new “safety” laws have turned from the best of intentions into revenue generation instruments that are routinely abused because they can be abused in that way.

[MarkL]

I agree with you, that it should be up to the rider. Personally, I've only ridden my bike on the roads without a helmet once, and I was only going 2 blocks to a McDonalds. And during that short time, I've never felt more naked.

And regarding eye protection, I can't imagine riding without it. But I actually saw some riders, sans helmets and eye protection, riding in South Dakota during the monarch butterfly migration!

Mark

[WOBBLY BOB]

I can see making goggles mandatory as there are bugs, sand, grit, etc that can interfere with someone’s ability to drive safely.

that's how it is here in MN. you have to wear eye protection,but not a helmet.

[Squawk 8888]

I can see making goggles mandatory as there are bugs, sand, grit, etc that can interfere with someone’s ability to drive safely.

Most states that do not mandate helmets DO mandate goggles or windshield, for precisely that reason.