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After his wife and kid had a scooter accident in Washington D.C., State Assemblyman Reginald Atkins, D-Union, submitted the legislation to NJ Advance Media.<\/p>\n
I heard a thump and looked back… “My daughter and wife were on the ground,” Atkins added. Knee and foot wounds. If it’s on their head, we’re in trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read more<\/strong>:\u00a0Tori Roloff and Her Husband Zach Had a Baby Boy a Year After Losing Their Pregnancy| view Latest News!<\/a><\/p>\n Jersey has enforced bike and scooter helmets for kids for years. Atkins, Chaparro, and Spearman introduced A4894 to extend the state’s helmet law to adult bike and scooter riders, including electrics.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have regulations that say you have to wear a helmet for motorcyclists, seat belts if you’re in a car, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t have safety precautions for scooters and bikes… to me it makes sense,\u201d Atkins added.<\/p>\n Read more<\/strong>:\u00a0Muslims Unhappy After Truck With Anti-Islamic Iconography Seen At 2 New Jersey Mosques!<\/a><\/p>\n The regulation discourages biking and doesn’t address the main causes of fatal car and bike crashes\u2014poor road design and reckless driving. Bike advocacy groups may protest it.<\/p>\n In 1992, New Jersey was the first to mandate helmets for under-14s. Roller skates, inline skates, and skateboards were added in 1998, youngsters under 17 in 2005, and scooters in 2011.<\/p>\n 23 states and DC require child helmets.<\/p>\n Adult helmet rules make reasonable, Atkins said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want New Jerseyans safe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n This year, 16 New Jersey bicycle crashes killed people. Last year, 26 cyclists died, a 10-year high.<\/p>\n The proposed law has no penalties. Atkins said fines and other details must be resolved.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to vet that\u2014there should be some monetary value,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Initial state kid helmet law violators are warned. The state bike manual penalizes negligent parents $25 for the first offense and $100 for successive offenses.<\/p>\n The bill requires approval from both houses of the state Legislature and the governor.<\/p>\n Read more<\/strong>:\u00a0A Woman Was Killed by an Ex-ac Cop in a Murder-Suicide Had Been Harassed a Lot, Sister Says.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI’m open-minded,\u201d Gov. Phil Murphy told NJ Advance Media Wednesday. \u201cI think our state prides itself on sensible safety-related things, especially for our kids.\u201d<\/p>\n Atkins advised assessing the bill’s impact on bike and scooter shares.<\/p>\n Asbury Park Link scooter rental firm Superpedestrian declined to comment.<\/p>\n Superpedestrian spokeswoman Jamie Perkins said the corporation had no opinion on the bill. \u201cWe constantly advocate e-scooter helmets.\u201d<\/p>\n Four bike advocacy groups backed helmet use, but a helmet law could discourage cycling.<\/p>\n Helmet laws misrepresent cycling as dangerous, according to New Jersey Bike and Walk Coalition executive director Debra Kagen. \u201cOur streets should be safer for bicycles, not requiring safety gear.\u201d<\/p>\n She said most adults use helmets and established recreational cycling organizations need them for events.<\/p>\n