NORTH HAMPTON (AP) — A bill requiring New Hampshire motorcyclists to wear helmets has died in a legislative committee.
The Portsmouth Herald reported on its Web site yesterday that the bill, and another requiring motorcycles made after 1982 to have noise "emission systems labels," were dismissed in the House Transportation Committee after the panel deemed them "too inexpedient to legislate."
The House held a hearing on the legislation last week.
Both measures were proposed by state Rep. Judith Day of North Hampton. She tells the newspaper she's undecided whether she will seek re-election, but will propose the bills again if she returns to the Legislature.
Day says she also supports legislation allowing communities to craft their own motorcycle noise ordinances.
