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Law and Regulation, SafetyDecember 2, 2015

Kickstart This: TextNinja, the Lifesaving App We Deserve

When state legislation fails to control compulsive texting behind the wheel, special intervention is required. TextNinja aims to be just such an intervention.

Law and RegulationNovember 17, 2015

New Federal Transportation Law to Include Motorcycle Advisory Council

The current version of the Federal DRIVE Act will engage individual states in a race to implement higher standards for transportation safety and efficiency.

Law and Regulation, SafetySeptember 3, 2015

Change.org Petition: Legalize Lane Filtering in Illinois

A small group of Illinois sponsors have created a Change.org petition to legalize low-speed lane filtering in Illinois for scooters and motorcycles.

In the press, Law and Regulation, OpinionMay 28, 2015

Change.org Petition Aims to Ban All Motorcycles In Hawaii

A Change.org petition seeks to ban motorcycles, mopeds and presumedly scooters in the state of Hawaii. Our take: “Yeah, good luck with that.”

Law and RegulationMarch 16, 2015

New Illinois Law Could Require Motorcycle Awareness Training in Driver’s Ed

A law before the Illinois state legislature aims to make motorcycle (and by extension scooter) awareness training part of the Driver’s Ed curriculum. Given the threat cars pose to two-wheel operators, the more education the better, we say.

Law and RegulationJanuary 5, 2015

New Scooter-related Laws for 2015

Industry news outlet Dealer News has published a summary of new motorcycle-related laws that took effect January 1st. While most don’t apply to scooters and mopeds specifically, a few do.

Law and Regulation, OpinionSeptember 3, 2014

Opinion: Scooter Rentals Should Require Motorcycle Endorsement

I’m going to confess my own bias here. I dislike 50cc scooters as a class. When I’m brought to power, all currently 50cc scooters will be required to upgrade to 100cc or larger engines, and anyone who’d care to ride one will be required to get their motorcycle endorsement. You know, like an adult.

CFMOTO, Law and RegulationMarch 13, 2014

CFMOTO To Pay $725,000 in EPA Fines

CFMOTO got the business end of the EPA regulatory stick recently when they were levied a $725,000 fine (settlement) for selling more than 12,000 scooters, motorcycles and ATVs between 2007 and 2013 without getting them properly EPA certified. In particular, they were cited for not including proper fuel evaporation capture systems, and not correctly displaying emissions information.

Law and Regulation, Opinion, SafetyFebruary 7, 2014

Opinion: Let’s Treat Distracted Driving Like Drunk Driving

Here in Illinois it’s recently become illegal to use a “hand-held device” — i/e a mobile phone — while driving. This is intended to…

Best of the Web, In the press, Law and RegulationJanuary 24, 2014

Unlicensed Scooters Cause Controversy in Evansville, Indiana

Last week, we made a case for for why 50cc scooters should be held to the same licensing requirements as larger scooters and motorcycles. For the people of Evansville, Indiana the issue isn’t hypothetical. Because of lax state requirements, 50cc scooters can be operated without a driver’s license, and without registration or insurance. This has caused a bloom of small scooters in Evansville being operated by many people who, to put it kindly, aren’t taking their scooter ownership very seriously.