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Myrtle Beach Helmet Law

This was a big deal because the STATE LAW is no helmets. Myrtle Beach "the city" is one of the biggest bike weeks in the country. It recently put a helmet law in place just for the city to keep from so many bikes going down there for weeks at a time. The city law was revoked and tickets are being paid back. Interesting.
 
patches said:
This was a big deal because the STATE LAW is no helmets. Myrtle Beach "the city" is one of the biggest bike weeks in the country. It recently put a helmet law in place just for the city to keep from so many bikes going down there for weeks at a time. The city law was revoked and tickets are being paid back. Interesting.
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No helmet laws in NM either but God help you if you get pulled over not wearing a seat belt in a car. You're within your rights to kill yourself on a motorcycle but not in a car I guess.

To each his/her own. I ALWAYS wear a helmet. I've been in 2 significant crashes in my 25 years on a bike. The first was head first into dirt going about 65 MPH which should have killed me. I can be VERY stubborn on some things but when it comes to pain, I learn pretty quick.

Dennis
 
First, I'm glad they got the legal part right. How often does that happen these days?

And I'm all for freedom to wear or not wear, but I don't think I should have to pay for the ones that choose not to wear (and right now I do).

I used to be invincable. In those days I would go helmetless when I could get away with it.

Now I'm fragile! I wear a helmet always.
 
As a resident of the state of SC, I am glad to see that the Supreme Court still appears to have some sense. I have always wondered how a city could pass a law that trumps the state law? The state law has always been clear about the wearing of a motorcycle helmet.

The permanent residents of Myrtle Beach began complaining that Bike Week was turning into Bike Month. They did not like sharing the road with thousands of bikes, which made traffic much worse. They did not like the loud pipes keeping them awake at night. They did not like the rowdy bikers and the trouble they would cause at the restaurants and bars. The bigger issue was someone would always die while at the bike rally, usually due to not wearing a helmet.

In order to appease these vocal protesters, the city council of Myrtle Beach decided to take action. They began severely restricting permits for gathering places for events to take place, and charging vendors extremely high prices to set up their sales stations within the city limits. They passed noise ordinances against the loud pipes, and published curfews that would impact the younger bikers. They stepped up law enforcement patrols, and policing of the bikers within the city limits. Then they created a mandatory helmet law within the city limits. Their line of reasoning was that by doing all of these things it would lessen the amount of biker traffic and problems, and hopefully save some lives in the process.

While all of these approaches may make sense to many people, the helmet law was one which did not. After all, many cities have noise ordinances, curfews, targeted law enforcement activities, and so forth. However, these do not go directly against a state law.

What they have actually done is fragmented the entire area around Myrtle Beach into factions that are either motorcycle friendly or not. During bike week they had large electric signs posted at the city limit telling you a helmet was required past that point. Bikers who were not wearing one would have to pull over and put one on before crossing that line. For that reason many decided to boycott the city of Myrtle Beach and kept all activities out in the surrounding counties instead.

As far as saving lives, unfortunately bikers still die at the rally each year. When I was there a young girl rear ended a motorcycle at a stop sign and killed the rider.

I wear my helmet 99% of the time, and this is not a matter of if you like to wear your helmet or not. It is a legal issue of a city overstepping their bounds and passing a law that supercedes an already established state law.

Perhaps one day this state will change their helmet law and make them mandatory; however, until that time it is still a decision the rider is allowed to make for themselves. Unlike some other states or provinces, I suppose SC can claim this as a way to continue thinning out the gene pool. :dontknow:
 
Seems we're all pretty much in agreement that the city over-stepped its boundaries with this crazy helmet law. Since driving privileges are granted by the State - the State has the final say on such laws.

On a bigger scale, I don't think the government should dictate when an ADULT wants to make a choice to place their own life (and only their own life) in more danger by not wearing a helmet or a seatbelt. If their insurance company wants to charge them more because of such risky activity-- then so be it.
 
Firefly said:
On a bigger scale, I don't think the government should dictate when an ADULT wants to make a choice to place their own life (and only their own life) in more danger by not wearing a helmet or a seatbelt. If their insurance company wants to charge them more because of such risky activity-- then so be it.
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:agree::agree: Also i think if somebody wants to go around the world to break some record in a plane/balloon/boat/ etc, and they crash they should pay for the cost of their rescue.
After all their putting somebody else's Son or Daughter at risk rescuing them.
Now I'm not talking about normal activities, just stunts.
 
SpyderWolf said:
As a resident of the state of SC, I am glad to see that the Supreme Court still appears to have some sense. I have always wondered how a city could pass a law that trumps the state law? The state law has always been clear about the wearing of a motorcycle helmet.

The permanent residents of Myrtle Beach began complaining that Bike Week was turning into Bike Month. They did not like sharing the road with thousands of bikes, which made traffic much worse. They did not like the loud pipes keeping them awake at night. They did not like the rowdy bikers and the trouble they would cause at the restaurants and bars. The bigger issue was someone would always die while at the bike rally, usually due to not wearing a helmet.

In order to appease these vocal protesters, the city council of Myrtle Beach decided to take action. They began severely restricting permits for gathering places for events to take place, and charging vendors extremely high prices to set up their sales stations within the city limits. They passed noise ordinances against the loud pipes, and published curfews that would impact the younger bikers. They stepped up law enforcement patrols, and policing of the bikers within the city limits. Then they created a mandatory helmet law within the city limits. Their line of reasoning was that by doing all of these things it would lessen the amount of biker traffic and problems, and hopefully save some lives in the process.

While all of these approaches may make sense to many people, the helmet law was one which did not. After all, many cities have noise ordinances, curfews, targeted law enforcement activities, and so forth. However, these do not go directly against a state law.

What they have actually done is fragmented the entire area around Myrtle Beach into factions that are either motorcycle friendly or not. During bike week they had large electric signs posted at the city limit telling you a helmet was required past that point. Bikers who were not wearing one would have to pull over and put one on before crossing that line. For that reason many decided to boycott the city of Myrtle Beach and kept all activities out in the surrounding counties instead.

As far as saving lives, unfortunately bikers still die at the rally each year. When I was there a young girl rear ended a motorcycle at a stop sign and killed the rider.

I wear my helmet 99% of the time, and this is not a matter of if you like to wear your helmet or not. It is a legal issue of a city overstepping their bounds and passing a law that supercedes an already established state law.

Perhaps one day this state will change their helmet law and make them mandatory; however, until that time it is still a decision the rider is allowed to make for themselves. Unlike some other states or provinces, I suppose SC can claim this as a way to continue thinning out the gene pool. :dontknow:
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:agree:

As everyone understands, the whole reason for all of this was to keep the bikers away in the first place. All the draconian tactics were simply a wall to keep bikers out.

I understand and can sympathize with the community. No one needs to have the kinds of issues SOME bikers bring with them into your back yard. Like everything else, there are good bikers and there are not so good bikers.

All the city would have had to do is enforce current ordinances on SOUND, DUI, SPEED, PUBLIC NUSCENS, etc. But that approach is a lot of work.

So they tried to preempt the entire issue by making it a place that biker's didn't want to go in the first place.

You can have loud pipes without being obnoxious. And you can have a great time without being a pain to the locals.

Instead of treating everyone that rides a bike as Persona non Grata, maybe Myrtle Beach could put pressure on the bad apples and let the rest enjoy the event.

Like Cowtown in Cuba. How many of us were there? Over 100! Now that's not anywhere near what Myrtle Beach gets but still. We went, we had a great time and we didn't cause any trouble (did we?). So, Cuba wants us back.

That's the way it should be done.
 
BajaRon said:
First, I'm glad they got the legal part right. How often does that happen these days?

And I'm all for freedom to wear or not wear, but I don't think I should have to pay for the ones that choose not to wear (and right now I do).

I used to be invincable. In those days I would go helmetless when I could get away with it.

Now I'm fragile! I wear a helmet always.
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:agree:100%
 
boborgera said:
:agree::agree: Also i think if somebody wants to go around the world to break some record in a plane/balloon/boat/ etc, and they crash they should pay for the cost of their rescue.
After all their putting somebody else's Son or Daughter at risk rescuing them.
Now I'm not talking about normal activities, just stunts.
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:agree: Especially those fools that climb snow covered mountains.
 
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Please point to the place in the above document that authorizes any level of government to require an adult to wear a helmet.

I always wear mine because of the law my sweet wife imposes on me.
 
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