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Snyder signs Mich. optional motorcycle helmet bill
Reporter: The Associated Press
Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation that will give many Michigan motorcyclists the option of riding without a helmet.
The Republican governor announced Friday that he signed the bill a day earlier, ending a multi-year effort to change state law. Lawmakers had passed repeals of the mandatory motorcycle helmet law before, but the measures were vetoed twice by then-Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
The new measure will allow riders 21 or older to go without helmets if they carry extra insurance and meet training or experience criteria.
Snyder said he expects many riders will continue to wear helmets. But he said those who choose not to wear a helmet deserve "the latitude to make their own informed judgments" if they meet legal requirements.
Critics say the change will lead to more deaths.
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