A.R.S. § 28-964: Motorcycle Helmet Law
Motorcycles; all-terrain vehicles; motor driven cycles; equipment; exception; citations; civil penalty; community restitution
A motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, or motor driven cycle operator or passenger under eighteen must wear a secured protective helmet, and operators must wear approved eye protection unless the vehicle has a windshield, with exceptions for enclosed or electric three-wheeled vehicles, farm vehicles, certain all-terrain vehicles, and private property; these vehicles must also have a rearview mirror, seat, and footrests. An officer may cite only a sixteen or seventeen year old who has a driver license or permit for the helmet violation, but an operator who is at least eighteen may be cited if a passenger under eighteen, or a minor in the operator's group, is not wearing a required helmet. For an initial violation, a sixteen or seventeen year old is subject to a $100 civil penalty or community service.
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28-964. Motorcycles; all-terrain vehicles; motor driven cycles; equipment; exception; citations; civil penalty; community restitution
A. An operator or passenger of a motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle or motor driven cycle who is under eighteen years of age shall wear at all times a protective helmet on the operator's or passenger's head in an appropriate manner. A law enforcement officer may issue a citation for a violation of this subsection only to an operator or passenger who is sixteen or seventeen years of age and who has been issued a driver license or permit. The protective helmet shall be safely secured while the operator or passenger is operating or riding on the motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle or motor driven cycle. An operator of a motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle or motor driven cycle shall wear at all times protective glasses, goggles or a transparent face shield of a type approved by the director unless the motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle or motor driven cycle is equipped with a protective windshield. This subsection does not apply to any of the following:
1. Electrically powered three wheeled vehicles or three wheeled vehicles on which the operator and passenger ride within an enclosed cab.
2. A motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle or motor driven cycle that is a farm or agricultural vehicle if the operator or passenger is engaged in agricultural work.
3. An all-terrain vehicle as defined in section 28-101, paragraph 3, subdivision (b).
4. A motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle or motor driven cycle that is operated on private property.
B. A motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle and motor driven cycle shall be equipped with a rearview mirror, seat and footrests for the operator. A motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle or motor driven cycle operated with a passenger shall be equipped with a seat and footrests for the passenger.
C. An operator of a motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle or motor driven cycle who is at least eighteen years of age may be issued a citation if either of the following occurs:
1. A passenger of the motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle or motor driven cycle is under eighteen years of age and is not wearing a protective helmet as prescribed in subsection A of this section.
2. The operator or passenger of the motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle or motor driven cycle is under eighteen years of age and is both:
(a) Not wearing a protective helmet as prescribed in subsection A of this section.
(b) In the same group or party as the operator of the initial motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle or motor driven cycle who is at least eighteen years of age.
D. For an initial violation of this section, a person is subject to a civil penalty of $100 or community service if the person is sixteen or seventeen years of age at the time of the violation.
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