TITLE 49

MOTOR VEHICLES

CHAPTER 6

RULES OF THE ROAD

49-666.  Motorcycle, motorbike, UTV and ATV safety helmets AND SEATBELTS — Requirements and standards. (1) No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall ride upon or be permitted to operate a motorcycle, motorbike, utility type vehicle or an all-terrain vehicle unless at all times when so operating or riding upon the vehicle he is wearing, as part of his motorcycle, motorbike, UTV or ATV equipment, a protective safety helmet of a type and quality equal to or better than the standards established for helmets by the director. The provisions of this section shall not apply when such vehicles are operated or ridden on private property or are used as an implement of husbandry. The provisions of this section shall also not apply to completely enclosed autocycles or to UTVs that are equipped with a roll cage and seat belts.

(2)  Except as provided in section 49-672, Idaho Code, any operator or passenger in a UTV equipped with safety restraints who is sixteen (16) years of age or younger shall wear a safety restraint that is properly fastened about such operator’s or passenger’s body at all times while the vehicle is in motion.

(3)  A citation may be issued to any occupant of a UTV who is sixteen (16) years of age or younger and who fails to wear a safety restraint while such vehicle is in motion pursuant to the requirements of subsection (2) of this section.

(4)  A citation may be issued to any person who operates a UTV if any occupant of such UTV who is sixteen (16) years of age or younger fails to wear a safety restraint while such vehicle is in motion pursuant to the requirements of subsection (2) of this section.

(5)  A person who is issued a citation pursuant to this section shall be subject to a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00). A conviction under this section shall not result in violation point counts pursuant to section 49-326, Idaho Code, nor shall such a conviction be deemed to be a moving traffic violation for the purposes of establishing rates of motor vehicle insurance charged by a casualty insurer.

History:

[49-666, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 187, p. 673; am. 2005, ch. 204, sec. 1, p. 614; am. 2008, ch. 409, sec. 8, p. 1135; am. 2015, ch. 230, sec. 4, p. 725; am. 2025, ch. 73, sec. 1, p. 337.]