News Release
Content and Image Copyright 2009, Motorcycle Riders Foundation
MRF E-MAIL NEWS
Motorcycle Riders Foundation
236 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Suite 510
P.O. Box 1808
Washington, DC 20013-1808
202-546-0983 (voice)
202-546-0986 (fax)
MRF website
For Immediate Release
12 February 2009
Contact: Jeff Hennie,
Vice President of Government Relations (MRF)
Email: jeff@mrf.org
New Hampshire House Bill 95 Fails.
New Hampshire House bill 95 introduced by Representative Day (D-North
Hampton) attempts to reduce motorcycle sound by prohibiting any and all
motorcycle exhaust system modifications; prohibiting all after-market
equipment that replaces the muffler; requiring all motorcycles to be
equipped with a tachometer; requiring all motorcycles to measure 95
decibels or less tested at 20 inches from the exhaust system at a 45
degree angle; and would increase the fine to not more than $500 for a
violation.
This legislation is opposed by the New Hampshire Motorcycle Rights
Organization and the MRF.
The legislation was voted on by the New Hampshire House Transportation
Committee last week and was unanimously opposed by the committee and
recommended that the bill be ITL (inexpedient to legislate) to the full
House. The full House followed the direction of the Committee and
dispensed with the bill.
New Hampshire State Senator Bob Letourneau had this to say: "New Hampshire
motorcyclists deserve better than what HB 95 would have legislated and I
am pleased to see that my colleagues in the House chamber have defeated
the measure". Letourneau is Chairman of the New Hampshire Senate
Transportation Committee and a past recipient of the Motorcycle Riders
Foundation highest honor, the John "Farmer" Eggers award.
With no mention of helmets, straight pipes or any of the usual motorcycle
targets, the legislation doesn't raise red flags to the average person.
However any legislation that bans one form of aftermarket equipment and in
the next breath requires aftermarket equipment should be a red flag to
anyone.
Perhaps the New Hampshire State House of Representative Republican Leader
Sherman Packard summed it up best when he said "In my 35 years fighting
for motorcyclists' rights this is the most anti-motorcycling bill I have
seen and I am pleased that the House took appropriate action."
The MRF applauds the New Hampshire House for standing up for the rights of
the motorcyclists of New Hampshire.
©2009
Illinois Motorcyclists Rights Association, Inc
All Rights Reserved