Sentence examples for require helmets for from inspiring English sources

Currently, 21 states and the District of Columbia require helmets for children and teenagers.

A number of them require helmets for children 12 and under, while others strongly encourage their use.

About half of states have some bicycle-helmet laws, mostly for riders under 18, but few cities require helmets for adults.

It is also one of the few events remaining that does not require helmets for competitors, except for those 13 and younger.

In 1975, the federal government stopped requiring states to have helmet laws as a condition of receiving federal highway money, and today only 20 states and the District of Columbia require helmets for all riders.

Currently only 19 states require helmets for all motorcycle riders.

The Winter X Games began requiring helmets for competitors in 2009.

The N.H.L. did so, in 1979, requiring helmets for everyone but those players who had already entered the league; now everyone wears them.

Seattle, which is considering a bike-share program, has required helmets for all riders since a law governing the unincorporated county and suburban cities was extended in 2003.

The industry, which receives no governmental or other independent oversight, requires helmets for players of all ages to withstand only the extremely high-level force that would otherwise fracture skulls.

Elizabeth and Jefferson Townships in Morris County are among the municipalities considering ordinances that would require children under a certain age to wear helmets while using the scooters, just as state law requires helmets for children 14 and under on bicycles and in-line skates.