# How much are illegal helmet tickets? UPDATED 10/12 WITH RESULTS. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 14, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493 "2009-09-14T11:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/21 "2009-09-14T16:08:40Z")
Meh… there is truth to that… but i rarely go out without a helmet/gloves at a bare minimum. ---
**Author:** ![turbominime4door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@turbominime4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbominime4door)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/22 "2009-09-15T04:57:46Z")
Im from PA and you dnt have to wear a helmet down here which is dumb imo but o well.My uncle got a icket for not wearing a proper helmet a few months ago in NY and it was 165 after all said and done ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/23 "2009-09-15T05:47:25Z")
Tx does not require them. I don’t see why they should be able to make laws that govern your personal safety as long as you have your own proper insurance coverage. With a side not that no additional funding will ever be available for you should you go on medicare due to an injury of stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![Mysterio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mysterio](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mysterio)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/24 "2009-09-16T19:25:46Z")
Ohio has no helmet law as far as I know. I dont know how much it’ll cost you, sorry, just random input. ---
**Author:** ![KuntryQuestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kuntryquesttsi/32/5010_2.png) [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/25 "2009-09-16T19:30:22Z")
want to say 150ish and go to court ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/26 "2009-09-16T19:33:08Z")
its going to suck when its like 300 bucks… or the cost of a LEGIT helmet. ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/27 "2009-09-16T19:50:46Z")
Andy, plead not guilty, bring the proper helmet to court, see what happens… They’ll just end up plea bargaining, worst case scenario… ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/28 "2009-09-17T05:43:10Z")
my court date is next friday… Bringing a lawyer just so i can breeze through the process. It’ll likely be a parking ticket. ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/29 "2009-09-17T06:00:52Z")
Yeah act like it was a fix it ticket. Bring a DOT helmet and say you didn’t know the other one was illegal. ---
**Author:** ![9ONA3OOZX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9ona3oozx/32/7242_2.png) [@9ONA3OOZX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9ONA3OOZX)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/30 "2009-10-12T17:26:52Z")
UPDATE: Didn’t feel like making the trip to Ellicottville court considering it knew it woulnd’t be a moving violation/points on my license. Got my fine in the mail, $35 fine with a $55 surcharge lol…desperate for money. My dad was pissed since he got stopped at one of the “Motorcycle Safety” checkpoints recently too and got nailed for loud pipes, and his was $50 fee with $55 surcharge. > [@Willybeen](#): > > its going to suck when its like 300 bucks… or the cost of a LEGIT helmet. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![9ONA3OOZX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9ona3oozx/32/7242_2.png) [@9ONA3OOZX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9ONA3OOZX)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/31 "2009-10-12T17:27:59Z")
> [@ubengineering](#): > > i would think like 20$ plus a 5 million dollar surcharge LOL just noticed this…a bit off on the numbers, but right on with the thought. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/32 "2009-10-12T17:30:25Z")
Congrats… now get a helmet that does atleast a BIT of good. ---
**Author:** ![9ONA3OOZX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9ona3oozx/32/7242_2.png) [@9ONA3OOZX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9ONA3OOZX)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/33 "2009-10-12T17:33:42Z")
> [@Willybeen](#): > > Congrats… now get a helmet that does atleast a BIT of good. I’ve got one…but on that particular day i had a lady friend on the back and i’d rather have the passenger wearing the useful helmet since i know i have a hard head, and her i wasn’t too sure about. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/34 "2009-10-12T19:58:38Z")
They are $35 with a $55 surcharge. ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/35 "2009-10-12T20:06:46Z")
> [@ultradriver10000](#): > > Tx does not require them. I don’t see why they should be able to make laws that govern your personal safety as long as you have your own proper insurance coverage. > > With a side not that no additional funding will ever be available for you should you go on medicare due to an injury of stupidity. Fuck, you don’t even have to wear glasses here, that’s just stupid ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gus/32/5112_2.png) [@Gus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/36 "2009-10-12T21:11:37Z")
> [@9ONA3OOZX](#): > > UPDATE: > > My dad was pissed since he got stopped at one of the “Motorcycle Safety” checkpoints recently too and got nailed for loud pipes, and his was $50 fee with $55 surcharge. Really? I thought you were allowed to have the loudest pipes ever on these things?? ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/37 "2009-10-13T05:49:31Z")
there was a time. ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/38 "2009-10-13T06:30:00Z")
my “No helmet” ticket was dropped. I showed an 8x10 pic of the t-rex to the judge and he dropped the ticket as a “Conditional Discharge”. The look on the officer’s face was priceless. The cocksucker was telling me how he should have given me a ticket for not wearing goggles because my windscreen isn’t high enough. I then showed him another picture showing that the windscreen just comes to the top of my head. No ticket, no fine. ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/39 "2009-10-13T08:00:43Z")
> [@LAFENGAS](#): > > my “No helmet” ticket was dropped. I showed an 8x10 pic of the t-rex to the judge and he dropped the ticket as a “Conditional Discharge”. > > The look on the officer’s face was priceless. The cocksucker was telling me how he should have given me a ticket for not wearing goggles because my windscreen isn’t high enough. I then showed him another picture showing that the windscreen just comes to the top of my head. > > No ticket, no fine. Fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-are-illegal-helmet-tickets-updated-10-12-with-results/73493/40 "2009-10-13T08:23:42Z")
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