Well, they’re at it again. The Federal Government is coming after us motorcyclists in the most underhanded way since the bad old days of Joan Claybrook; they want to eat our young. They want to ban the sale of youth off road-vehicles. And this time they may get away with it.
Back in the seventies under the Carter administration which included National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s head idiot cum chairperson Joan Claybrook, when they wanted to screw with us, they did it with safety numbers concerning crashes, alcohol use and speeding. Their proposed measures, which included the mandatory use of motorcycle seatbelts, (I actually saw some) helmets, the cursed 55mph law, and training wheels, mostly died of derision. They were laughed to death.
But now they’re coming at us like voodoo magicians with laws already on the books. They want to ban youth motorcycles because they contain—are you ready for this one?—too much lead. That’s right, there’s too much lead in the engine, battery etc, for young riders. Let that sink in for a moment. Sit there and steam.
The hypocrisy in that mandate is too much to bear. Consider the hundreds of inconsistencies. Here’s one; does that mean that children will also be banned from riding in battery powered cars which are the darling of this present administration and contain a million times more lead than a youth bike? Of course not. That’s politics, not safety.
Here is the official wording from the American Motorcyclist Association:
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) has effectively outlawed the sale of youth off-highway vehicles (OHVs). According to section 101(a) of the enacted legislation, all youth products containing lead must have less than 600 parts per million (ppm) by weight. The CPSC has interpreted the law to apply to various components of youth OHVs including the engine, brakes, suspension, battery and other mechanical parts. Even though the lead levels in these parts are small, they are still above the minimum threshold.
Here is the AMA video on this subject:
They’re coming after us again. Whattaya going to do about it?
Tags: AMA, Legislation
This is just too incredible for words…
Wow. Just amazing. And the irony is that Joan was a key person in the perversion of the role our governments play in “public safety” today. A role and thought process that pervades the generations which have grown up and know no better since real freedom and non-mandated responsibility is no longer the norm.
You dredged up many old and disgusting memories mentioning her. Thank you. I needed to become more proactive in my retirement years. For my children’s children.