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NHTSA Proposes Motorcycle Study The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) reports that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has requested comments on a proposed motorcycle safety study. The study they are proposing copycats one that the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) is currently conducting, known as the “naturalistic study.” The MSF study has instrumented a hundred motorcycles with computers, cameras and all sorts of meters. Those specially-equipped one hundred motorcycles are being ridden by volunteers across the country as their personal bikes. After one year, the instruments are taken off and the analysis begins. NHTSA is proposing the exact same study, only with 160 motorcycles. This proposal does come as a bit of a shock, considering the feds have been struggling to conduct another motorcycle study that tracks actual crashes. That “crash causation study” has been languishing since 2006 and has yet to complete data collection, analysis and final reporting. “I do like the idea of the study,” said Jeff Hennie, MRF Vice President of Government Relations and Public Affairs. “Tracking volunteer riders and collecting some best practices for countermeasures is a great idea, but as with every study there will be some technical and logistical bugs to work out over the course of the study. It seems to me that it would be wise to wait on the MSF results and use them to craft a better, sturdier study.” NHTSA is already predicting that out of the 160 participants in their proposed new naturalistic study, 20 will have a crash and sustain injuries so severe that they must be reported. So far there has been no mention of the cost for the new study.
The feds are asking for
comments on the
proposal. The comment
period runs through
January 17, 2011. Read
the proposal and learn
how to submit comments
here: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/ Do not hesitate to contact the MRF with any questions or concerns.
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National Call to Action: Federal Helmet Mandates The Motorcycle Riders Foundation reports that the US Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation will be marking up The Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2011 (S. 1449). This bill governs the National Highway Transportation Safety Administrations activities. This bill has the potential to greatly affect motorcyclists nationwide. There are three provisions that specifically target motorcyclists. Call your Senators and ask them to:
Call Now. Time is of the essence. Call you Senators via the capitol switch board at 202 224 3121. Of key importance are the Senators on the committee you can contact them directly:
Senator Rockefeller-WV 202
224 6472 This is of extreme importance. Please call today, Tuesday, December 13th, 2011. Do not hesitate to contact the MRF should you have any questions. 202 546 0983
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It’s time you did something more to protect your motorcycle rights!
What can you do?
Be an INFORMED Voter and VOTE!
Learn what City, State, & Federal Bills are being proposed and
keep others informed.
Contact your legislators with your opinions.
Join & support a State Motorcycle Rights Organization
In Alaska; ABATE of Alaska (Anchorage) & Juneau ABATE.
Join the Motorcycle Riders Foundation which strives to:
Preserve rider access to America’s roadways,
Make roadways safer,
Safeguard your right to individualize your motorcycle,
Continue to monitor the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration and hold them accountable.
Legislative Links:
Alaska State Legislature Home Page:
http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/
Federal Legislature Home Page:
http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/Legislative.shtml
Federal Senate:
http://www.senate.gov/
Federal House of Representatives:
http://www.house.gov/
Who are our legislators?
State of Alaska Senate & House of Representatives Districts:
http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/misc/districts.php
US Senate & House of Representatives – Alaska Legislators:
Mark Begich;
http://begich.senate.gov/public/
Lisa Murkowski;
http://murkowski.senate.gov/public/
Don Young;
http://donyoung.house.gov/
How can you contact our
State legislators?
Public Opinion Messages (POM);
This is a quick & easy means of expressing an opinion to our
legislators which they seem to read.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/poms/
Electronic Mail;
Senator_FirstName_LastName@legis.state.ak.us
Representative_FirstName_LastName@legis.state.ak.us
Telephone;
The list of telephone numbers can be found at:
http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/docs/pdf/Session Phone List 2011.pdf
How can you contact our
Federal legislators?
http://begich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=EmailSenator
http://murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Contact
https://donyoung.house.gov/Contact/default.aspx
