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2025 Vermont Statutes
Title 23 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles
§ 1256. Motorcycles; headgear
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23 VT Stats § 1256
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§ 1256. Motorcycles; headgear
A person may not operate or ride upon a motorcycle upon a highway unless he or she properly wears protective headgear of a type that conforms to the federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards contained in 49 C.F.R. § 571.218, as may be amended. The requirement of this section shall not apply to occupants of fully enclosed autocycles. (Added 1967, No. 264 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2009, No. 39, § 3; 2013, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 37; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 199.)
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