"The National Transportation Safety Board recommended all states require motorcycle helmets in 2007, and just this month placed motorcycle safety on it's "most wanted" list for transportation safety improvements. Some Arkansas legislators are considering a law, not to mandate helmets, but to require riders to carry more insurance if they choose not to wear one."
Think maybe the insurance companies are pushing this one?? You can bash your brains out, if you want, but they don't want to pick up the tab if you do. That is the law in Florida. You have to prove you have $100K in medical insurance and you can ride helmet free. Guess only rich people are allowed to kill themselves.