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BIKER RIGHTS

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LOUISIANA BIKER RIGHTS

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR BIKER RIGHTS IS APATHY.
No More Freedom Fighters = No More Freedom
See Louisiana Biker Rights for an important email from Poet as of June 9, 2008

The Richard Quigley et al v CHP Helmet Law Injunction -
analysis by Attorney Ray Henke, member of Bikers of Lesser Tolerance (B.O.L.T.)

Louisiana Bikers Call to Action has been elevated to a NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION   updated May 7, 2008.
HB 1295, a bill to repeal the helmet law in Lousiana, has had terrible amendments added to the bill. Two house members should be condemned. See Louisiana Bikers.

Motorcycle Awareness Month gets TAINTED.
May 2008 Raleigh NC Bikers USA
US DOT Secretary Mary Peters, the NHTSA, the MIC, and even AMA have joined forces to advocate helmet use. The tradition of asking for a motorcycle awareness month campaign or proclamation has now been called Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and bikers aren’t buying into this safety propaganda which gives Mary “Crash” Peters program a chance to claim she is a biker and push her program which forces helmets onto people. The big problem is that some motorcycle enthusiasts seem to be buying into it all, and the risk is that we are losing focus on motorists becoming aware to watch for motorcycles.

SC BIKERS CALL TO ACTION: Senate Bill 111 - Red Lights that don’t change.
Urgent SC Biker Legislation - posted 5/7/08. Call to Action ends on 5/8/08. See SC Bikers.

Bikers as a political powerhouse in NC
Raleigh NC May 1, 2008 (AMP)
With only 5 days until the primary elections in North Carolina, Bikers USA and B.O.L.T. of NC announces that their analysis of the NC candidates is #1 ranked in Google for a search of NC PRIMARY CANDIDATES ENDORSEMENT. This has safety nazis who forced a helmet onto our heads sweating bullets, just like we sweat under those hot helmets in the Carolina summer. Our answer to them? They can all go suck eggs.

APRIL IS CHUCK YOUR HELMET MONTH.

April 19, 2008                 Raleigh, NC
1st Annual Patriots Day Rally and Liberty Ride
Please fly your flags proudly! No admission fee! All bikers welcome. Wake County Speedway on April 19th, between 10am and Noon. Speakers about liberty, freedom, honoring veterans and troops, and information about the new NC mandatory helmet law battles. Scenic liberty ride at 12 noon to downtown Raleigh, where there is a large Earth Day gathering. What you wear on the Freedom Ride is up to you. If you decide to ride lidless (or topless!), there are no guarantees you will not be ticketed. Party afterwards at the Iron Horse, 2901 Hwy 64, Apex. Host Hotel: Courtyard by Marriot, 102 Edinburgh Drive, Cary NC 27518. For host hotel discount, call 800-321-2211 and ask for the Bikers USA rate for April 18 and/or April 19. A block of room is being held until April 4, so make reservations by then. In addition to the Liberty Ride, there will be a ride led by Gary, kickstands up at 9:30am from McGregor Plaza, (across from the Host Hotel), so visitors to the Raleigh area don’t get lost on the way to the Wake County Speedway.
For more info, visit Patriots Day Motorcycle Rally or call 919-342-0403 or email jan..
Map and other Raleigh area hotels near Wake County Speedway: Closest Hotels Map.
Sponsors: Bikers of Lesser Tolerance (B.O.L.T.), Bikers USA, and the Carolinas Full Throttle Magazine.
Please go on Paul Revere rides and spread the word all across the Carolinas and Virginia by distributing this flyer to bike shops and your local motorcycle clubs. Thanks!
Last Updated on March 17, 2008

Recent Biker Rights News Briefs
February 16, 2008. Bikers USA
There is much going on lately. Here’s just a brief about some of the major stories.
The big news is that the biker community is getting attacked by US DOT Secretary Mary Peters who has sent legislation to the Senate President and Speaker of the House, in her ongoing attempts for helmet laws to sweep the nation. Biker rights activists are taking a variety of actions, such as calling her boss, the President, and calling and writing to US Senators and US House members.
California bikers contesting the CA helmet law had another court win. The California AG had filed a motion for summary judgement in the Richard Quigley et al v CHP case which would put an injunction against the California Highway Patrol so they would have to stop their current methods of helmet law enforcement.
NC Bikers are not understanding the new helmet laws which went into effect January 1, 2008. Meanwhile, BOLT of the Carolinas has been on the attack with protest actions, helmet statute repeal petitions, and plans which include Paul Revere Rides in various counties followed by a Patriots Day Rally and a circling of the legislative building on opening day.
Florida Bikers are being faced with a legislator trying to pass a bill that allows motorcycles to be confiscated (stolen).
Georgia Bikers who have custom bikes are now worried their gorgeous bikes are going to be $40,000 paperweights. The GA DMV refuses to title and register them in the wake of new EPA guidelines which just went into effect.
Oklahoma Bikers have a red light exception bill.
It appears AMA has had more problems with higher-ups in their organization. For those of you who don’t know, the AMA recently lost several key people. The new guy at the helm is characterized as acting like a typical heartless corporate CEO - you know, the kind with no soul whatsoever, no respect for the talented long-time employees, and very little commitment to biker heritage. The last round appears to be someone padding their expense vouchers, or something like that. Something tells me we are not hearing the entire story. Hey AMA, please fix your organizational problems quickly, we need you back in the fight.

Sunday, March 30, 2008                         El Cajon, CA - click here for map of El Cajon.
Quigley Memorial Freedom Rally
A very special event to support the ongoing Quigley lawsuit to overturn the unconstitutional “application” of the California helmet law, and to honor our departed brother. Noon til dark. $5 cover charge. All proceeds go to the ABATE Judicial Fund. Music. 50/50. Raffle Prizes. Ride-In Bike Show. Bike games. Guest speakers. All bikes and bikers welcome. No-host food and drink by Stacy. Please help by downloading flyers and get them posted in all the local shops.
Flinn Springs Inn, 519-561-3015, 15505 Old Highway 80, El Cajon.
For more info, contact Dave (Local 11), 760-224-0569.
Additional “overflow” El Cajon accomodations.
Order Quig Memorial Patches at boltofca.com - All Profits Help the Court Case.

Congratulations to CALIFORNIA BIKERS for their recent victory in the Quig et al Helmet Law Injunction Case against the CHP. The AG of California had sought a motion for summary judgement. The judge denied it in a hearing, so the injunction case continues stronger than ever. Way to go CA Bikers! This will help the helmet law fights nationally! Please support the California Helmet Fight.

Governors Highway Safety Program Attempts to Bias NC Judges against Bikers.

Raleigh, NC December 23, 2007
Editorial about finding that the GHSP will bias judges and attempt to influence-peddle in order to get judges to find bikers guilty despite any constitutional arguments we raise in objection to the vagueness of the new helmet law.
See GHSP and NC Judges.

California Helmet Fight in Desparate Need of Immediate Support!
December 2007 Letter to all Bikers in the USA from Tony “Pan” Sanfelipo

Terry Malpass fights helmet ticket and WINS in Lenoir County, NC:
Terry didn’t know much about helmet laws, and never thought he’d get a ticket for wearing a helmet a cop disapproved of. After all, he is a law-abiding, responsible adult and knows how to dress himself without the help of government. So when he got a ticket, he checked into how we’ve been telling people to fight the helmet tickets rather than just pay the fines. The deeper he dug, the more he learned about how to fight a helmet ticket in court, and why it is necessary for the good of biker rights. Thanks to his excellent preparation before trial, perhaps the cops will have second thoughts the next time they consider enforcing a vague and unconstitutional helmet statute. Read more at Terry Malpass Wins.

Complain to the NHTSA about your poorly designed, defective Motorcycle Helmet!

For 40 years, bikers have complained about their helmets, but as of Halloween, 2007, there were only 20 official complaints going back to 1995 on file at the NHTSA. There are 500,000 helmets recalled and most are probably on our heads! Tell NHTSA to force helmet makers to make helmets they are willing to stand behind and are rated for 70 mph. Tell them to fix the recall system. If they made a better product, the government would not have to force people to wear these torture devices.
Make your motorcycle helmet complaint official by filing it online now!
Update: Within the first 48 hours of the Halloween 2007 Campaign, the number of official helmet complaints on file doubled compared to the last 12 years! Please tell all bikers they should be making their helmet complaints official. It’s easy!
For more info, see Bikers of Lesser Tolerance, B.O.L.T.

How Safe is Your Helmet? Is it “DOT Approved”? Does it comply with state laws?

MOTORCYCLE HELMETS ARE TORTURE DEVICES.

Bikers USA recommends, tell it like it is! “Helmets suck!”
Raleigh NC, Bikers USA 14 OCT 2007
The NTSB has been helping the NHTSA. The NHTSA cannot use your taxes to lobby state legislators. They can only do such things as fund safety nazi organizations with your tax dollars. The NTSB is not so restricted, so they are suddenly telling everyone they are motorcycle safety experts, and have begun lobbying state highway safety organizations. State highway safety bureaus are being asked to force mandatory helmets compliant with FMVSS BS onto everyone who rides on a motorcycle. Some of these state highway safety bureaus are asking bikers to promote voluntary helmet use. No way! If you do this, your words will be used against us when push comes to shove. That is just the beginning, and they are not going to rest until everyone in the country is forced to wear helmets.
Bikers USA believes there have been deaths and serious injuries caused by helmets, and can substantiate this with medical studies. Bikers USA believes helmets do not prevent crashes but can contribute to them. Bikers USA knows that when a motorcycle does not have a windshield to deflect the wind, those huge helmets cause neck strain. Bikers USA also believes helmets can reduce heat dissipation resulting in hyperthermic brain damage. For years, many bikers have taken a relaxed position about helmets forced onto our heads, and have have been wimpy by promoting voluntary compliance. Some SMRO’s get funded by the NHTSA via state safety bureaus, so they do this even if it causes problems with biker rights.
The reward for promoting voluntary compliance has been an increased government pressure to force helmets on everyone. Therefore, recent government action has inspired us to step up our resistance by protesting loudly against this bullsh!t. We will not promote voluntary compliance slogans supported by the bureaucrats. We will go in the exact opposite direction, with slogans such as:

HELMETS ARE TORTURE DEVICES.
DOT = Death, Oppression, Torture

Richard “Quig” Quigley, US Freedom Fighter, has died.

Santa Cruz, California, September 15, 2007 (AMP)
The United States, has lost its' preeminent freedom fighter in the biker rights movement, Richard "Quig" Quigley. 
Read more about Quig.

URGENT HELMET LAW ENFORCEMENT ALERT:
August 10, 2007 Raleigh NC Bikers USA and B.O.L.T.
NC Law Enforcement have begun ticketing for what they believe to be helmet statute violations, in different counties across the state. In most cases, they don’t have a leg to stand on in court. If you pay the fine, you are only helping them! Everyone must fight the helmet tickets in court or your freedoms may be forever lost. The court cases should be easily won! This is harassment. Are you going to wimp out and help the state put an end to your rights or are you a biker?
Please fight the tickets in court!
If you get a helmet ticket in Wake County, please call BOLT 919-342-0403. In Guilford County, contact Mark Infield, Editor of Full Throttle, 336-885-5400. Savvy volunteers in all counties and nearby states needed! Please see BOLT of the Carolinas. Will be posting info and actions we can take.

STREET GANG PREVENTION ACTS in many states represent the biggest threat to the BIKER Subculture, and wreak of NAZI ideas. See Street Gang Act.

1ST ANNUAL EAST COAST HELMET LAW PROTEST After Action Report

BIKER RIGHTS SURVEY - CLICK HERE

NCOM 2007

BIKERS USA just got back from the 2007 NCOM convention in Charlotte NC. It was great meeting bikers from all over the country. See NCOM.

NC Biker Rights are TRULY up to you and me as NC CBA/ABATE changes focus to safety, letting biker rights hang. May 18, 2007 Editorial

CALL TO ACTION: Say NO to Vague Laws & Mandatory Helmet Laws
before 10am on 5/7/07. Write to NC House Members.
Please select a letter to help you: PDF Format Doc Format Rich Text Format
If you are from outside NC, please tell them you don’t plan to spend your tourism dollars until they fix this situation. For more coverage, see NC Biker Rights

Notice: If you send BIKERS USA a press release regarding biker rights, such as bills introduced to your state legislature, please include your organizations’ position statement if available.

URGENT CALL to ACTION - Call to Action Ended.
Update on NC Helmet Law Issue to be posted at NC Biker Rights
Thank you for acting.
Raleigh NC April 26, 10am

1st Annual East Coast Helmet Law Protest! May 20, 2007

When: Last Sunday of Myrtle Beach Bike Week, every year:
Location: South of the Border, I-95 and US 301/501 Dillon, SC
On your way back from Myrtle Beach Bike Week, enjoy a freedom ride in protest of mandatory motorcycle helmet laws! Of course, you CAN wear a helmet. This protest is for the riders right to decide. This ride is not organized, sponsored, by anyone except other bikers.
PLEASE - It is absolutely crucial that you ride sober, responsibly, and safely.
Suggested Minimum Age: 21,
Suggested minimum riding experience: 3 years.
Begin lining up at 10am. Ride briefing at 10:45. Kickstands up at 11am.
Be advised that there are mandatory helmet laws in most of the states north of South Carolina, and there is a high likelihood of being pulled over and ticketed. If you are ticketed, it is up to you to decide whether to help the states by paying the fines, or become a freedom fighter by arguing it in court.

More Info: BIKERSUSA.ORG

MISSOURI HB 155, a bill to reduce the mandatory age for motorcycle helmets has cleared a couple of committees. As of 4/20/07 it is not on a calendar.
See Missouri Bikers to find out how you can help.

North Carolina seeks to put teeth in the Mandatory Helmet Law by embedding FMVSS 218. See NC Biker Rights.

Motorcycle Lobby at the NC State Capitol
2/7/2007 Raleigh, NC Report by Bikers USA
Motorcycle rights, safety, and education activists were in Raleigh to speak with their legislators about issues of importance to motorcyclists.
Full Story - NC Motorcycle Lobby Day

Biker attends NC Legislature Opening Day 2007
Raleigh NC 1/24/2007 Bikers USA
NC Biker Rights report from Bikers USA - Motorcycle Safety Awareness
Jan from Bikers USA took a ride from Wake Forest to the visit the North Carolina legislators on opening day. Opening Day NC Legislature 2007

If Louisiana passes House Bill 985, you will lose your right to use the interstate highway system to move freely about the country, with your child as a passenger on a motorcycle. Louisiana Bikers

Chicago Bikers - What in the world was your Mayor thinking! See AMA Chicago.

Helmet Laws - The Pennsylvania DOT announced that since the mandatory motorcycle helmet law was repealed in 2003, there have been FEWER motorcycle fatalities. Source

Thank you for responding to our URGENT National Call to Action. The Lautenburg Bill to deny motorcycle safety funding was Defeated!
5/11/05 BIKERS USA, Raleigh, NC
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J), tried to deny funding for motorcycle safety programs to states that do not conform to his bubblewrap idealogies. The motorcycling community quickly alerted their Congressional reps and Lautenburg has been silenced for now. Read the MRF Call to Action.

MRO - Motorcycle Rights Organizations - Biker Rights

NHTSA releases FARS Data which states motorcycle fatalities and registrations have increased but total milage has decreased. MRF claims data is not accurate and questions why NHTSA would release data and publish recommendations based on known inaccuracies. April 21, 2005.

It is your community. Our rights are constantly getting walked on. Stop allowing them to treat us like second class citizens with no say. Speak your mind to your elected officials.

BIKERS USA does not advocate against the use of motorcycle helmets.

BIKERS USA does advocate for riders freedom to choose.

NHTSA director Runge uses anti-motorcyclist statements in Charlotte, NC speech. Also Detriot Free Press editorial is anti-bikers. MRF issues letters in response. MRF News

2/9/05 NC to introduce Bill to make May of every year, Motorcycle Awareness Month.

Add a 2005 Motorcycle Event Now. List your 2005 biker event. Add an event.

North Carolina law makers introduce House Bill 39, HB39 to stop any child under 10 from being a motorcycle passenger. Gestapo? Soviet Union? No. This is America. Bikers from other states need to also contact the NC legislators or else there may be a domino effect. Say no to Police State Politicians. LETTER

MRF Press Release, 2/8/05, Washington DC - The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) is pleased to announce a new, vital feature on the MRF web site at www.mrf.org called the States MRO Legislative Online Database. This new area is designed for State Motorcycle Rights Organizations (SMROS) to use as an information tool.

How do I find local MRO’s in my area? Go to our events pages. We’re adding links all the time.

11/21/04 A bill to close the current health insurance discriminatory loophole against motorcyclists has been passed by the United States Senate. This legislation, S.423 Health Care Parity for Legal Transportation,  still needs to be passed in the house and signed into law. MRF Press Release.

Motorcyclists Against Dumb Drivers
We all know this is too true. So do many of our dead or badly injured brothers and sisters. Motorcyclists Against Dumb Drivers has proposed a letter writing campaign to Governors of all 50 states. You should check it out.

Note: I recommend looking into BOLT if, like me, you favor a more demanding stance on your governmental representatives.

How to Contact your Governmental Representatives: Try this Contact Link from Sons of Liberty Riders.

Speedtraps: I found these links. One is for the National Motorist Organization, NMA, and the other is speedtraps. It’s a good thing to check for speedtraps when planning trips. In South Carolina, avoid the sleazy little speedtrap town of Dillon. Also, in SC, they ticket Ape Hangers and straight pipe with no baffles. How the heck they continue to have a good turnout at the Myrtle Beach Bikeweek must be predicate on the helmet laws and decent climate, because it isn’t because of crap little towns like Dillon.

Different Justice when Cage Drivers kill motorcyclists: Jay Jarman was killed 5/17/03, when his motorcycle was hit by a Mustang in Myrtle Beach, SC. The driver and owner of the cage fled the scene and went home to West Virginia. Later, the injustice system just slapped them on the wrist. Visit the Jarman families web site to learn more.

Bikers Rights are important.
So is the elimination of child abuse.
BACA stands for Bikers Against Child Abuse. 

Which is the public burden?

Have you ever tried to have a discussion about motorcycle helmet laws with someone who drives an SUV or light truck and says that motorcyclists who don’t wear helmets are a public burden? Do you know that one of the biggest reasons for an increase in motorcycle fatalities is the increased popularity of SUV’s and light trucks? THEY ARE THE PUBLIC BURDEN. Think about it. You hit someone with your motorcycle, versus a cager hitting someone with their SUV. Consider their fuel economy. Consider their environmental impact.

Recommended articles: Forbes FYI “The Wild One”. Facts about helmet laws and motorcycle accident statistics.

Motorcycle Rights Organizations in other Countries

Australia Motorcycle Rights Organizations - Also see Australian Bikers

Motorcycle Riders Association Australia MRAA

Motorcycle Rider's Association of Queensland

Motorcycle Riders' Association of Western Australia

Motorcyle Rider's Association of South Australia

Motorcycle Council of New South Wales

Canada Motorcycle Rights Organizations - Also see Canadian Bikers

B.R.O., Ontario, Canada.

Ontario Confederation of Clubs

British Columbia Coalition of Motorcyclists: BCCOM

Quebec Motorcyclist Federation

Quebec Motorcyclist Political Actions Committee

Association Motorcycliste Radisson Quebec, Canada

Coalition of Manitoba Motorcycle Groups

New Zealand Bikers Rights    - Please see Australian Bikers (includes NZ)

Bikers' Rights of New Zealand - BRONZ

European Motorcycle Rights Organizations