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03-23-2009, 07:31 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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 Just kidding. As a person that no longer rides on the street, it would seem as though this piece of legislation wouldn't benefit me at all. Well, today it doesn't. Though, I used to commute on my bike - and I chose when I would commute based on when I could come home, the temp that day - to decide if my bike would try to eat itself in the heat of the tarmac. The helmet factor matters not to me. I always wear a helmet, always will wear a helmet. And, should the planets line up just right and I don't wear a helmet... I just won't split lanes. My eldest is on the track to getting her license this summer. I'd like her to have the choice to do it legally. MORE motorcycles only help my business. More motorcycles only help oil and gas availabilities. More motorcycles on the roads only help the rest that have been there... safety in numbers. Hell, if we get enough motorcycles commuting downtown - we might even get our own parking. I have no issue with the bill the way it stands today. It was explained to me that the helmet restriction was put in as a concession to the protests this bill has had in the past. Those opposed in the past were concerned about our "safety". I believe it's a fair compromise. At the rate it's going, I might just be back riding on the street by the time it passes....
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03-24-2009, 12:13 PM
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UPDATE from Angie: (Policy Analyst, Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security)
"We are trying to get the votes to bring it up before the full Senate. If we get them today we can bring it up tomorrow. So far we have 15 yeses, 3 no votes, and the rest are undecided. Any phone calls that you and others can make would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! " We are SO CLOSE. Phone calls are right now the most quick way to get your point across. So... CALL. Call now. http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/
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03-25-2009, 03:18 PM
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Refugee
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: San Francisco, CA
Moto: Pimped 2005 SV650
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w00t!!!
The bill passed the Senate today. Now it goes to the House. FOX/KTBC-7 is showing what I'm sure will be a "fair and balanced" report on the lane splitting issue on their 9pm broadcast tonight. |
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03-25-2009, 03:25 PM
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Gixxer Girl
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Kyle, TX
Moto: 05 GSXR 750 & 06 YZ250F
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ha, yea I can only imagine what horror stories they will show of people doing wheelies down 183 saying 'this is what you can expect' ....
The bad part is this report will being it to everyone's attn and prompt people to call in against it... |
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03-25-2009, 03:59 PM
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moderator chick
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Hill Country TX
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Can you guys do me a favor and light FOX's phone up?? (512) 476-7777
Just tell them you saw the promo for the piece they want to run about the Lane Splitting bill. That you believe it might not be fair and balanced, that it may not be representing what the bill actually proposes. [they show motorcycles zipping in and out of cars in traffic AT SPEED]. They will have you leave a voicemail... leave one. If we light up the phone lines now, they will pull the piece, or RE DO it. PLEASE.
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03-25-2009, 04:04 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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Done...
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03-25-2009, 06:01 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Austin, TX
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03-25-2009, 11:06 PM
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Refugee
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: San Francisco, CA
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The FOX coverage was much more balanced than the commercial led me to believe, I thought.
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03-25-2009, 03:39 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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I just found out the bill passed as well by talking with someone in Steve Ogdens office. She asked if I rode and what I thought of the bill. I told her I was an educator as well as a rider and my reasoning for hoping that Ogden supported the bill. I think the vast majority of us realize the benefit of having more ppl on two wheels on the road as well as being able to continue moving in the heat of the day while those in ac cages don't overheat. Hopefully not to much other crap gets thrown on this so it will get passed.
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