I dont believe it is but it is safe to wear one
If your state requires that motorcycle riders wear a helmet, and you were not wearing a helmet when you had an accident, insurance companies may use that against you to reduce any settlement. If your state has no helmet law, then insurance companies are prohibited from reducing your settlement by federal law.
1979
If there is a mandatory helmet law in your state, you will probably get a ticket if you do not wear a helmet when riding your motorcycle.
If there is no helmet law in your state, the cost of motorcycle insurance is the same whether you wear a helmet or not.
2003
No
Motorcycle rider and passengers are required to wear a helmet in california. It is a good law since chances of surviving a motorcycle crash without a helmet are slim.
Currently Missouri requires motorcycle riders to wear a helmet. In 2009 the Governor vetoes a bill that would have done away with the state's helmet law. Since then the House and the Senate have continued their attempt to do away with the helmet law.
Helmets are worn to protect your head from concussion or fatal injuries that have a relation to heads. If you wear a helmet while riding a bike, there is a chance you might fall but the helmet saving you. It is law that you were a helmet when riding a bike or motorcycle, ATV, etc.. If you are caught by the law not wearing a helmet while riding said vehicles, you may be fined around $20 - $200.
New Mexico law requires that motorcycle riders and passengers under 18 must wear a helmet.
1980
New Mexico law requires that motorcycle riders and passengers under 18 must wear a helmet.