Just got a ticket for not having an "approved" helmet, second one for helmet law in general, last was not having one period...knew better, but I'd rather get a ticket I think than wear a bucket on my head so I wear the smallest helmet I've found..anyone else have trouble with the police and having a not-DOT approved helmet? I'm from Montana and Colorado and we don't have helmet laws and I don't wear a helmet generally...I'm in West Virginia now and they're apparently big on busting people down for the helmet law, at least here in Huntington. He took 15 minutes making sure my insurance was valid..

 

Go to court to see if the officer shows up. I got a non dot helmet ticket, went to court and no officer showed up.

 

How much was yours? He wouldn't tell me how much it was?

 

I got a non DOT helmet ticket here in So.Cal about 8 months ago...$85.00 is what I paid, I tried the court thing but the cop showed up...SInce then I bought a DOT sticker on fleabay for $3.00 and have been pulled over but they never checked my helmet.

 

I got one here in Texas back when I was 16. I had a DOT so I just took that into court and the judge dismissed it. Of course he didn't dismiss the speeding and driving without a mc license.

 

post pics of the helmet

 

Helmet laws are BS. But then again, the way those young guys drive the crotch rockets...

 

Helmet laws are here to stay im afraid. Thank whoever for that. If you want to continue giving them your hard earned money, its your choice. For me, well, my money is more dear to me than my ego.

 

This has been hashed to death,break the law - get a ticket

 

http://www.virginiawind.com/tom_mcgrath/070201.asp

It might be worth fighting with this kind of info. Then again it might not.
good luck with it.