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Committee advances bill exempting some UTV riders from helmet rule, agrees to consider seat-belt amendment
Summary
The Senate Transportation Committee voted to send House Bill 13 to the 14th order for possible amendment after debate over exempting UTVs with roll cages and seat belts from Idaho’s helmet law and whether the bill should require seat-belt use for young passengers.
Representative Palmer, sponsor of the House version, told the Senate Transportation Committee on the opening item of the meeting that House Bill 13 would modify Idaho’s helmet rule as it applies to utility terrain vehicles, or UTVs. “What this is is in the UTV set in the motorcycle section of code, it also refers to UTVs and ATVs,” Representative Palmer said, adding that the bill would exempt UTVs that “have seat belts and a roll cage, which most UTVs do, which makes them much more safe.”
The bill, as presented, would remove the helmet requirement for occupants of UTVs that are equipped with seat belts and a roll cage; current Idaho law requires helmets for riders under age 18 on motorcycles and ATVs and, as the bill’s sponsors say, in the UTV section of code. Palmer said similar…
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