What alot of you don't realize is, The state's give money to the Fed's, for highway funding. Your state, does not have to give that money to them. It's a big blackmail scheme. Back in the mid 70's, here in Ohio, a bunch of us bikers, were protesting the helmet law. Feds said, enact a helmet law, and enforce it, or we're with holding highway funds. Some really smart biker lawyer looked up the law, and found out, the state wasn't required to give it to the feds. Ohio actually gave more to them, than what we got back as a state. Well, after 2 major protest runs to the state capital, and over 10,000 smelly,greasy, bikers should up both times,(I was one of them, I'm proud to say), the governor told the feds to stick it, he wasn't putting up with anymore of us. We still don't have a helmet law here in Ohio. Have to work on a state level to keep this stuff bottled up. gypsyman