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- From: roland@quadsys.com (Roland Besserer)
- Subject: Re: British bikers
- Message-ID: <By3I39.5KG@quadsys.com>
- Organization: QUAD Systems
- References: <1992Nov19.120311.17655@hasler.ascom.ch>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 02:11:32 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- In article <1992Nov19.120311.17655@hasler.ascom.ch> kevinh@hslrswi.hasler.ascom.ch writes:
- >
- >As you may or may not know, the EC will impose power limits, noise limits,
- >emissions limits and safety limits within the next 12 months. There are
- >more detailed descriptions in the latest issues of BIKE and PB that i've
- >just received.
- >
-
- Yup. And that won't be the end of it. The eurocrates, if given the chance,
- will legislate motorcycling right out of existence. What amazes me, both
- in Europe and here in the US, is the fact that such a fairly well defined
- group (aka motorcyclists - not taking away any of the diversity within
- the motorcycle community) can't get itself organized enough to speak
- load enough for their rights to prevent such legislation. The biggest
- organization here in the US, the AMA, has edging towards 200,000 members -
- that's a joke, considering the millions of riders.
-
- >I'm not opposed to the emissions limits being proposed (who would??) but
- >I am opposed to the power limit which is being introduced by the EC on the
- >mistaken assumption that less power=less accidents. The DOT agrees that
- >this is a mistaken assumption but they are not opposing it because they
- >do not wish to upset other member states.
- >
-
- It's the same flawed reasoning that equates speed with death.
-
- --
-
- Roland Besserer
- QUAD Systems
- roland@quadsys.com
-