Florida Law Now Requires Kids Riding Horses to Wear Helmets
Florida’s governor has ceremonially signed a law requiring children under 16 to wear a helmet while riding a horse on public roads.
Gov. Charlie Crist signed the bill last week, but re-enacted it at a ceremony earlier this week at a park in Loxahatchee.
It is named for Nicole Hornstein, a 12-year-old Palm Beach County girl who died in 2006 after being thrown from a horse she was riding. She was not wearing a helmet.
Hornstein’s family has tried since 2007 to get similar legislation passed.
Under the law (HB 169), any person who allows a child to ride a horse without a helmet can be fined $500. Some Florida cities already have laws that require minors to wear helmets when riding, but the bill would make it mandatory around the state.
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