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I post this for informational purposes only. I am an AMA member and strongly support their legislative efforts with regard to this issue.
Bipartisan motorcycle only checkpoint bill to be introduced in the U.S. Senate
Within the coming weeks, supporters of the motorcycle lifestyle in the U.S. Senate will introduce a bipartisan bill to ban federal funding for motorcycle only checkpoints.
The Senate bill will prevent the Secretary of Transportation from issuing grants intended to support the creation of “checkpoints for an operator of a motorcycle or a passenger on a motorcycle.”
Currently, only New Hampshire, Illinois, California, Missouri and Virginia have restrictions on motorcycle only checkpoints. This has allowed other states to continue to employ this discriminatory and ineffective practice, especially during rallies and other large motorcycle events, such as Rolling Thunder in Washington, D.C. and the Daytona Bike Week in Daytona, Florida.
This will be the Senate version of H.R. 1861, the Stop Motorcycle Checkpoint Funding Act.
For further information regarding MOCs – and the motorcycling community’s efforts to end them – please visit the AMA’s MOC webpage.
When this bill is introduced the American Motorcyclist Association will call upon you to communicate with your elected officials urging them to support this important measure. Thank you in advance for your support. Additionally, if you have been involved in a MOC, please tell us about it by using the form below.
If you are not yet an AMA member, please join the AMA to help us fight efforts to restrict your right to ride. More members means more clout against our opponents, and your support will help us fight for your riding rights – on the road, trail, racetrack, and in the halls of government. To join, go to AmericanMotorcyclist.com/membership/join.
Please Follow the AMA on Twitter @AMA_Rights and like us on facebook.
Bipartisan motorcycle only checkpoint bill to be introduced in the U.S. Senate
Within the coming weeks, supporters of the motorcycle lifestyle in the U.S. Senate will introduce a bipartisan bill to ban federal funding for motorcycle only checkpoints.
The Senate bill will prevent the Secretary of Transportation from issuing grants intended to support the creation of “checkpoints for an operator of a motorcycle or a passenger on a motorcycle.”
Currently, only New Hampshire, Illinois, California, Missouri and Virginia have restrictions on motorcycle only checkpoints. This has allowed other states to continue to employ this discriminatory and ineffective practice, especially during rallies and other large motorcycle events, such as Rolling Thunder in Washington, D.C. and the Daytona Bike Week in Daytona, Florida.
This will be the Senate version of H.R. 1861, the Stop Motorcycle Checkpoint Funding Act.
For further information regarding MOCs – and the motorcycling community’s efforts to end them – please visit the AMA’s MOC webpage.
When this bill is introduced the American Motorcyclist Association will call upon you to communicate with your elected officials urging them to support this important measure. Thank you in advance for your support. Additionally, if you have been involved in a MOC, please tell us about it by using the form below.
If you are not yet an AMA member, please join the AMA to help us fight efforts to restrict your right to ride. More members means more clout against our opponents, and your support will help us fight for your riding rights – on the road, trail, racetrack, and in the halls of government. To join, go to AmericanMotorcyclist.com/membership/join.
Please Follow the AMA on Twitter @AMA_Rights and like us on facebook.
