Me too, I wear a helmet and have one of the loudest systems available - and baffles out of it is just stupid loud. But honestly, what good are loud pipes when most of the dumbass drivers that aren't paying attention either have their windows up with a cel phone to their ear, or cranking an overpowered stereo system to drown out the world around them? People can hear my bike behind them, and I've taken advantage of that occasionally. Left lane squatters tend to move over when I pipe my disapproval of their pisspoor driving habits, and those that dont get passed. Helmet or no helmet - personal choice should be the law EVERYWHERE even though I do choose to wear one. No different than choosing to wear seatbelts imo, the only difference is when they make it a law - they're simply looking to pad the state's income with more citation possibilities, and statisics only help them confirm it's a safety conscious decision instead of a greed driven idea.