Motorcycle & related Laws of New England
Helmet Laws
Required
(significant restrictions)
(exceptions apply)
Maine
- Helmets not required, except for riders under 15,
novices or permit holders
- Headlight required on at all times
- Passenger seat and foot pegs required for passengers
- Helmet speakers legal
- Radar detector legal
- A rear view mirror is required
- License suspended after first DUI offense
New Hampshire
- Helmets not required, unless under age of 18
- Protective Eye cover required unless there is a full windshield
- Mufflers and baffles required
- Modification of stock exhaust system to increase noise level is a violation
- Burnouts or wheel stands are not allowed on any public highway
- No passing of another vehicle in the same lane
- There must be a seat, and footrests for the passenger
- Helmet speakers, and Radar detector legal
- License revoked after first DUI offense
- A rear view mirror is required
- Motorcycle Rider Training Program Information
Vermont
- Helmets required. With reflectorization.
- Passenger seat and foot pegs required for passengers
- A rear view mirror is required
- Eye protection needed, unless equipped with a windshield
- Helmet speakers and Radar detectors are legal
- Suspension of license mandatory for first DUI offense
Massachusetts
- Helmets required.
- Passenger seat and foot pegs required for passengers
- A rear view mirror is required
- Helmet speakers prohibited to use or possess
- Radar detector legal
- Eye protection needed, unless equipped with a windshield
- License suspended after first DUI offense
- Motorcycle Rider Safety Course Information
Rhode Island
- Helmets not required, except;
passengers, under 21, or novices / permit holders.
- Passenger seat and foot pegs required for passengers
- A rear view mirror is required
- Eye protection needed.
- Daytime use of headlight not required
- Helmet speakers prohibited to use or possess
- Radar detector legal
- Mandatory suspension of license after first DUI offense
Connecticut
- Helmets not required, except: under 18, novices.
- Passenger seat and foot pegs required for passengers
- A rear view mirror is required
- Eye protection needed, unless equipped with a windshield
- Daytime use of headlight required by law (modulating headlight permitted) required for vehicles manufactured during or after 1980
- Helmet speakers, and Radar detectors legal
New York
- Helmets required. With reflectorization.
- Passenger seat and foot pegs required for passengers
- Daytime headlights required, Modulating headlight permitted .
- A rear view mirror is required
- Eye protection needed.
- Helmet speakers legal -- single earphone only
- Radar detector legal
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