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Posted by: Tod
PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO RIDE!
ATTEND THE 2007 OFFHIGHWAY VEHICLE RALLY ON THE CAPITOL STEPS
MARCH 9, 2007 STARTING AT NOON
The Washington State Legislature is currently considering changing the offroad vehicle noise laws.
The proposed changes would include creating maximum sound levels for riding near any residence, regardless of where that residence is located or how it is zoned. It would become illegal to ride if your bike is “plainly audible” from in or adjacent to any residence. This would even include residences that are on farm land, forest land or in an industrial area.
These new limits would only apply to your dirtbike or quad. It would not apply to other, more common sources of residential noise such as lawnmowers, chainsaws, cars, trucks, boats, airplanes, stereos, playgrounds, ballfields, etc. It is just plain discrimination against ORV use and has nothing to do with keeping neighborhoods quiet.
If this becomes law, forget about riding any track in the State of Washington. Also, you can count on the vast majority of riding areas shutting down.
Join us at the capitol and let your elected representatives know that you’re not going to just stand by and let them eliminate our sport!
Do not expect the other guy to go to the rally. You are the one to stand up and protect your investment in machines and your freedom to use them.
IF NOT YOU, WHO? IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
For more information contact the Washington Off Highway Vehicle Association at:
WWW.WOHVA.ORG
Posted by: zmr
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/...ipe23/kline.jpg
Thanks to to leakypipe on TT for this creation!!!
Should be GREAT Rally material!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Kline, Sen. Adam
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:49 PM
Subject: RE: Possible NC: SB 5544
Dear Mr. Helgeson,
I signed on because I have been annoyed, endangered, and angered one too
many times by people riding motorized dirt-bikes and other off-road vehicles
that have no damn business anywhere. To me, this bill is narrow--it doesn't
include those "personal watercraft," seemingly jet-powered little missiles
whose only apparent purpose is to risk death and dismemberment for boaters
and swimmers, for the amusement of spoiled drunk teenagers.
Yes, I am sure there is the occasional responsible person who rides one of
these machines on land or water. And yes, like every human being I have
been pleasantly surprized to find my stereotypes broken. But why, why, why,
do folks insist on motorized "sports"? Those two words are an oxymoron.
There is nothing sporting--athletic, physically demanding--about riding any
machine anywhere. And it's a damned annoyance to folks who see the outdoors
as a place to go for quiet and solitude and self-exploration. I would be
happy to ban the use of the internal combustion engine off-road, by anyone
without a handicapped sticker, subject to a stiff fine. Maybe we could call
this an anti-obesity measure.
Please circulate this to all motorized sports enthusiasts, so they can
remember never to vote for me.
Adam Kline
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This email from Senator Kline has been VERIFIED!!!!!
He FULLY admits to sending it!
Believe it!!!!
Posted by: Tod
Add free tee shirts for the first 500 people to sign up at the rally.
Posted by: HiG4s
here is a link to an article about the new bill
www.soundrider.com/current/sb5544.htm
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