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God bless politicians
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:55 pm
by Mustang
Sometime last year I saw a news report where a local politican went with police and a camera crew to point out all the speeding sportsbikes......and had a horrible feeling about it.
Yep!
Proposed Florida Bill targets motorcycle riders
This guy wants to take away the motorcycle and in some cases the riders license. Not saying speeding or stunting right by any means, but lets at least have a level playing field treating bad cage drivers with the same penalities.
Whats worse....a motorcycle weaving through traffic or a car?
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:53 pm
by Gummiente
Here in Ontari-ari-o, they recently passed a law that gives the police authourity to impound ANY vehicle caught doing 50kmh+ over the posted speed limit in ANY area.
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 4:09 am
by Mustang
Gummiente wrote:Here in Ontari-ari-o, they recently passed a law that gives the police authourity to impound ANY vehicle caught doing 50kmh+ over the posted speed limit in ANY area.
Much fairer and definitely my point......
Thanks
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:24 am
by Gurgus
Its kind of a dumb law though. They call it a "Street racing" law. If I'm doing 150 on the QEW, who the hell am I racing? Not that I'm doing 150 on the QEW mind you, just saying. Its a cash grab based on fear mongering. I'm sure the folks who came up with the law never raced or sped or drove drunk, either.
Sorry about the rant, not a fan of hipocrisy, even in myself.
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:41 am
by pinger05
Sounds like someone is gearing up for re-election...
Re: God bless politicians
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:17 pm
by Kal
Mustang wrote:Sometime last year I saw a news report where a local politican went with police and a camera crew to point out all the speeding sportsbikes......and had a horrible feeling about it.
Yep!
Proposed Florida Bill targets motorcycle riders
This guy wants to take away the motorcycle and in some cases the riders license. Not saying speeding or stunting right by any means, but lets at least have a level playing field treating bad cage drivers with the same penalities.
Whats worse....a motorcycle weaving through traffic or a car?
From what we saw you are lucky to get up to the speed limit in parts of Orlando, let alone speed!
Scream equal rights - I'm sure there must be something about all men being treated equally that you can use
Do you know a Solicitor with time on their hands? I suspect there is a cracking court case there somewhere...
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:31 pm
by JC Viper
Strange bill against motorcyclists considering that Miami made the #1 spot on most aggressive drivers list, those more prone to road rage. Maybe there'll only be cars on US roads in the near future since it's always the fault of the cyclist in any accident.
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:42 am
by big_ry_ry
NYS double the speed limit = mandatory impound of the bike and license suspension
For bikes and cars.....
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:19 pm
by erbgottie
big_ry_ry wrote:NYS double the speed limit = mandatory impound of the bike and license suspension
For bikes and cars.....
That's a good law, maybe NC will adopt it
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:47 am
by blues2cruise
Keep in mind that if bikers weren't popping wheelies in the first place......
I agree that the law should apply equally to cages also.....but.....the excessive speed an stunting that goes on with a certain type of biker wrecks things for the rest of us.
The way to get them to back down on the harsh penalties is to "prove" that riders can be safe and law abiding.
The public highways are not personal race tracks.
That was my rant.