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NC BIKER RIGHTS - Let the Rider Decide!
URGENT CALL to ACTION
NC Legislative Buildings
Thursday, April 26, 10am
House Bill 563, designed to add teeth to the current helmet law, is scheduled to appear before Judiciary III of the NC House. A paragraph in this bill would require you to wear a helmet in compliance with FMVSS 218, a federal standard which is not meant to be understood by riders or law enforcement. Since you cannot ensure compliance, the law will be vague and unconstitutional. This is not the kind of laws we expect from from our legislators. See vagueness letter.
BIKERS USA urges you to either contact members of Judiciary III before Thursday morning, (contact list) or visit the NC Legislature for their meeting at 10am. (Directions).
Please tell them you oppose the portion of the bill related to motorcycle helmet laws, and that you also oppose mandatory helmet laws for adult riders.
Out of state riders are urged to contact the committee and tell them you will not spend tourism dollars in NC until they have better helmet laws. Motorcycle event promoters are urged to tell them you plan to hold events in states with better helmet laws. Motorcycle magazines and motorcycle event publishers are urged to tell them helmet laws send events to other states. Motorcycle dealers are urged to tell them you could have more business if NC had better helmet laws.
For more information, visit NC Biker Rights.
DOWNLOAD A PDF VERSION OF THIS CALL TO ACTION
Also, DOWNLOAD A PDF VERSION OF THE VAGUENESS LETTER
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NC House introduces helmet bill to comply with NHTSA standards.
4/6/07 Raleigh NC
HB 563 would call for all bikers in the state to wear motorcycle safety helmets which comply with FMVSS 218 standards by the NHTSA. FMVSS 218 is a standard used by manufacturing engineers and defines how a helmet is constructed and how the NHTSA tests the helmets for compliance.
There are problems with how the bill is written, and there have already been problems found with the enforcement of similar laws. Thus, Bikers USA has written a letter to all NC legislators, and you may copy the letter if you want to help voice your opposition to the mandatory helmet laws and the use of FMVSS 218. See Helmet Law Opposition Letter
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Center for Motorcycle Safety and Crash Prevention as part of UNC.
4/6/07 Raleigh NC
Senate Bill S1121 has been introduced in the North Carolina legislature. If enacted, the bill would establish a Center for Motorcycle Safety and Crash Prevention which would have professional researchers study the cause and prevention of motorcycle accidents. This bill appears to have the support of NC CBA/ABATE, the states leading motorcycle rights organization.
Funding for the center would come from a $2 increase in the annual motorcycle registration fee.
Two dollars ($2.00) from each motorcycle registration additional fee shall be used to fund the North Carolina Center for Motorcycle Safety established pursuant to G.S 116 43.2.
To read the full bill, and check its’ status, please see NC Legislature S1121
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HB 1289 Amend Motorcycle Helmet Laws Stalled in Committee
6/16/2005 Raleigh, NC
House Bill 1289 which would amend motorcycle helmet laws continues to be stalled in the NC legislature since April. The only member of the finance committee who had the courtesy to respond to emails from many upset motorcyclists is Representative Bill Faison (D-Caswell, Orange). He says he likes helmet laws the way they are. Regardless, there are many motorcyclists asking the finance committee to do their jobs and get the bill to the floor.
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Senator Tony Rand poised to act on NC Motorcycle Awareness Funding Proposal.
6/16/2005 Raleigh, NC
The publisher of Worldwide Bikers met today with NC Senator Majority Leader Tony Rand (D-Cumberland, Bladen) to present a North Carolina Motorcycle Awareness Funding proposal. The Senator is going to get the proposal to the Highway Patrol and/or take other action on it. Since it is past filing deadlines, the bill would most likely be introduced during the 2006 session.
This would fund the production and distribution of attention getting professional radio ads with motorists as the target audience. We agreed that the Highway Patrol may be best suited for sending out the bid and administering the grant. We agreed that $50k used correctly should be able to produce several excellent ads. Senator Rand believes it may also cover the cost of a couple television spots. The ads would then be distributed for use as public service announcements by broadcasters, and serve as a reminder to motorists to be more aware of motorcyclists.
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