Road trip this summer will take me into Vermont while heading for Maine. How serious is this reflection law for helmets? Do I have to stick crappy tape all over our helmets to avoid a ticket? Is this only for night riding? I want to ride Vermont but not if I have to deface our helmets for some nutty regulation. If anyone has had any experience with this would love to read your experiences with riding in Vermont

 

I only wear a beanie there, never any issues...

 

We live in western Mass right on the VT border.........been riding up there for most of 40 yrs and have never had any probs with the reflection requirment, and no, never had a helmet with any kind of reflective **** on it. You should have zero probs over that. Of course, like with anything else, if you act like an idiot, they will use that if they can't get you any other way. Bottom line: don't worry bout it!

 

As long as there's a lid, we don't bother you.

 

Been riding Vermont for a few years, and never had an issue. We attend the Killington Classic and hardley ever see the reflective crap on the helmets. You should be fine

Frank

 

We have a reflective law for helmets here in Vermont??? Yeah, I know it's required but I have never been stoppped nor have I ever heard of anyone else being harrassed for lack of reflective tape on a helmet. Come on up and play on Rte 100 or other great Vermont roads.

 

For those of us that are ill-informed, what is the law you are talking about?

 

here ya go Soos,all i could find about the reflector requirement on helmets

http://www.ironhorsehelmets.com/StateVermont.htm

http://home.ama-cycle.org/amaccess/l...t.asp?state=vt

 

Thanks for all the responses. The law I was refering to was tha Vermont required a 4 square inch reflective patch on both sides of helmet for rider and passenger. My thoughts were if this was a enforced law I was going to bypass Vermont while riding to Maine. 100 highway is part of the ride we intend to do and it seems it still can be. Thanks again

 

I live in Vermont (Waitsfield) and all of this is new to me. None of my friends have a 4" square reflective sticker on any of their helmets and I cannot remember ever seeing any Vermont bikers with reflective stickers on their helmets.