Please -- can someone explain to me why states have seat belt laws with a lot heftier fines than this one indicates for not having a belt on in a 3000 lb car, suv, etc - yet they allow people to ride motocycles which basically makes people a flying missle? I'm not in favor of outlawing motorcycles, it just strikes me odd that it's perfectly legal to sit on a rocket at 65 mph just holding onto handlebars but illegal to be seated in a 60 mph volvo without that strap keeping you on the seat...
If memory serves, ironically South Carolina was in fact a pioneer in removing its mandatory helmet law for motorcyclists back in the 1980s. (I think this was the result of a South Carolina Supreme Court ruling, but my Google searches are not verifying that memory.)
Because bikers understand and enjoy freedom much more so than cagers, and subsequently work together and fight against such nanny state laws.
Soccer moms and girly men think the nanny state is a good thing.