no helmet

Head gear absent

No helmet describes riding a motorcycle, bicycle, or similar vehicle without head protection.

The phrase often appears in news reports about accidents or in discussions of safety laws: He was riding no helmet when he crashed.

It can also function as an adjective: a no-helmet state is one without mandatory helmet laws.

Related

motorcycle · bicycle · open road · reckless · wind · wind in hair · hair · freedom · danger · injury · brain · brain damage · safety · safety first · risk · exposed · unprotected · visor

Categories
Opposites
head protection status

no helmethelmet

Protective head covering

helmeted · crash helmet · safety helmet · protective headgear · hard hat

safety gear completeness

no helmetgeared up

Made ready, outfitted

suited up · kitted out · safety-conscious

Family

helmet, helmeted, helmets, nope

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G