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<p>The Motor Cycles (Protective Helmets) Regulations 1988, which require motorcyclists
to wear a helmet, do not apply to quad bikes as they fall outside the definition given
of a motor bicycle, which is defined as a “two-wheeled motorcycle”. However, The Highway
Code (Rule 83) does include advice that riders and passengers of motor tricycles and
quadricycles, also called quad bikes, should wear a protective helmet.</p><p>There
are no immediate plans to make the wearing of helmets compulsory but we are keeping
the position under review; there are a number of factors that need to be taken into
consideration such as, the level of use, the safety of riders in a collision and the
availability or otherwise of seat belts.</p>
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