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Missouri
has full motorcycle helmet laws for all motorcycle riders!
STATUTE: Title
XIX. Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation. Chapter 302. Drivers'
and Commercial Drivers' Licenses. Section 302.020. Operation of
Motor Vehicle Without Proper License Prohibited -- Motorcycles --
Special License -- Protective Headgear -- Penalty. :
". . . 2. Every person operating or riding as a passenger on
any motorcycle or motortricycle, as defined in section 301.010,
RSMo, upon any highway of this state shall wear protective headgear
at all times the vehicle is in motion. . . ."
FINE: Title
XIX. Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation. Chapter 302. Drivers'
and Commercial Drivers' Licenses. Section 302.020. Operation of
Motor Vehicle Without Proper License Prohibited -- Motorcycles --
Special License -- Protective Headgear -- Penalty. :
". . . 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 302.340,
the penalty for failure to wear protective headgear as required
by subsection 2 of this section shall be an infraction for which
a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars may be imposed. Notwithstanding
all other provisions of law and court rules to the contrary, no
court costs shall be imposed upon any person due to such violation.
No points shall be assessed under section 302.302 for a failure
to wear such protective headgear."
STANDARDS:Title
XIX. Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation. Chapter 302. Drivers'
and Commercial Drivers' Licenses. Section 302.020. Operation of
Motor Vehicle Without Proper License Prohibited -- Motorcycles --
Special License -- Protective Headgear -- Penalty. :
MISCELLANEOUS MOTORCYCLE
LAWS
State Funded Rider Education
Available for all eligible applicants.
May waive skills test for successful completion of rider ed.
Daytime Use Of Headlight
Modulating headlight permitted.
Periodic Safety Inspection
Required by law.
65 MPH Speed Limit
In effect on designated rural interstate highways.
MISSOURI: DISCRIMINATION
ON THE BASIS OF CLOTHING OR CLUB MEMBERSHIP IS ILLEGAL
The Missouri Human Rights Act
states that all persons within the jurisdiction of the state of
Missouri are free and equal and shall be entitled to the full and
equal use and enjoyment within the state of any place of public
accommodation without discrimination or segregation on the grounds
of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, ancestry, or handicap.
RSMO 5213.065. Places of public accommodation is defined as "all
places or businesses offering or holding out to the general public,
good, services, privileges, facilities, advantages or accommodations
for the peace, comfort, health, welfare and safety of the general
public or such public places providing food, shelter, recreation
and amusement...." RSMO 213.010(11). Any person whose exercise
or enjoyment of rights secured by the Constitution or laws of the
United States has been interfered with or attempted to be interfered
with may bring a complaint to the Missouri Commission on Human Rights.
The Supreme Court ruled in the case of Cohen vs.. California, 403
U.S. 15 (1971), that individuals have the constitutional right under
the First Amendment to wear clothing which displays writing or designs.
In addition, the right of an individual to freedom of association
has long been recognized and protected by the United States Supreme
Court. Thus, a person's right to wear the clothing of his choice,
as well as his right to belong to any club or organization of his
choice, is constitutionally protected, and persons or establishments
who discriminate on the basis of clothing or club membership are
subject to lawsuit.
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