While bikers may fight among themselves over the rights and wrongs of mandatory motorcycle helmet laws, the general public in Michigan as well as the AAA feels the requirement should stay on the books.

What concerns AAA Michigan is a bill introduced in Michigan's State legislature, House Bill 4008 which would allow individuals who are 21 years of age or older to ride without a helmet if they have a $20,000 medical policy in place.

Also, Senate Bill 291 would allow individuals 21 years of age or older to ride without a helmet if they have had their motorcycle endorsement for two or more years, or passed a motorcycle safety course.

Even as Michigan AAA strongly opposes the legislation recently introduced in both the Michigan Senate and the House, they note if either were approved, Michigan's nearly four-decade old mandatory motorcycle helmet law would be repealed.

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