Ohio Motorcycle Helmet Law
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Ohio has helmet laws that exempt adult riders, riders over the age of majority -- 18 years old and over!
Ohio Motorcycle Helmet Statue:
Title XLV. Motor Vehicles--Aeronautics--Watercraft. Chapter 4511.
Traffic laws--Operation of Motor Vehicles. Bicycles. Section 4511.53
Rules for Bicycles, Motorcycles and Snowmobiles. :
". . . No person who is under the age of eighteen years, or
who holds a motorcycle operator's endorsement or license bearing
a "novice" designation that is currently in effect as
provided in section 4507.13 of the Revised Code, shall operate a
motorcycle on a highway, or be a passenger on a motorcycle, unless
wearing a protective helmet on his head, and no other person shall
be a passenger on a motorcycle operated by such a person unless
similarly wearing a protective helmet. . . ."
STANDARDS:
Title XLV. Motor Vehicles--Aeronautics--Watercraft.
Chapter 4511. Traffic laws--Operation of Motor Vehicles. Bicycles.
Section 4511.53 Rules for Bicycles, Motorcycles and Snowmobiles.
:
". . . The helmet, safety glasses, or other protective eye
device shall conform with regulations prescribed and promulgated
by the director of public safety."
State Funded Rider Education
Available for all eligible applicants.
Required under age 18.
Eye Protection
Required unless equipped with wind screen.
Daytime Use Of Headlight
Modulating headlight permitted.
Passenger Seat
Required if carrying a passenger.
Passenger Footrests
Required if carrying a passenger.
Mirror
Required by law.
Periodic Safety Inspection
Random inspections, required by law.
65 MPH Speed Limit
In effect on designated rural interstate
highways.
OHIO-DISCRIMINATION
ON THE BASIS OF CLOTHING OR CLUB MEMBERSHIP IS ILLEGAL
The Ohio Revised Code, 4112.02
(G) provides that It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice
for any proprietor or any employee, keeper, or manager of a place
of public accommodation to deny to any person, except for reasons
applicable alike to all persons regardless of race, color, religion,
national origin, handicap, age or ancestry, the full enjoyment of
the accommodations, advantages, facilities or privileges thereof.
The purpose of R C 4112.02 (G), is to afford every person or individual
a guarantee against arbitrary discrimination of any kind, whether
or not specifically expressed in the code. All arbitrary discrimination
is prohibited by it and all persons are protected from stereotypical
discrimination. Class based generalization as a justification for
differential treatment is a type of practice that is prohibited
by the Ohio Revised Code. The standard for determining whether there
has been unlawful discrimination is not whether an exclusionary
policy is rational and/or reasonable, but whether it is based upon
stereotype as established in Ohio Civil Rights Commission v, Lysyk,
at page 221 Therefore; unless a blanket exclusion serves a compelling
societal interest, a private exclusionary policy is violative of
Ohio law The Supreme Court ruled in the case of Cohen v. California,
403 U.S. 15 (1971) that individuals have the constitutional right
under the First Amendment to wear clothing which displays writing
or designs. A citizen has the right to move about freely and peaceably
in public places, without protected by the United States Supreme
Court
Obtaining a Motorcycle
License or Endorsement
Note:
Students who successfully complete the Motorcycle Ohio Basic RiderCourse
will have the State of Ohio skill test waived and will receive their
motorcycle endorsement upon presenting their course completion card
to a Deputy Registrar. Students under 18 years of age must also
meet additional requirements.
OR
*Contact
a drivers license examination station to make an appointment for
the on-cycle examination. No fee is charged for this test.
*You must bring a
street legal motorcycle to the examination site and you must wear
a helmet and eye protection during the test.
*After you have passed
the On-Cycle Test, the examiner will fill out and validate the blue
examiner driving permit from your packet.
*The Blue permit, Red permit, and your
drivers license (if you have one) must be presented to the license
agency to receive your motorcycle license or to add a motorcycle
endorsement to your current valid license. A fee is charged for
issuing this new license.
*If you are 16 or
17 years old, you must show proof of completing a driver education
course and a motorcycle safety course before you are eligible to
take the on-cycle test to obtain a motorcycle license or endorsement.
*If you are 18 years
old or above, you are not required to complete either course to
take the on-cycle test. However, completion of the motorcycle course
will provide you with the skills to pass the test.
What is required to
pass the Basic RiderCourse?
*100% attendance to
all classroom and riding sessions.
*80% or better on
the multiple choice knowledge test at the end of the course.
*20 or fewer points
deducted on the riding skill evaluation.
*No errant behavior
- this a is a safety course
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