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Anti-biker bill voted into US law

New law gives police power confiscate vehicles and suspend licences for up to 10 years and also dish out jail terms

Posted: 17 March 2008
by Visordown News

AN anti-biker bill has been voted into Florida law after State Representative Carlos Lopez-Cantera took a ride-along with local police last November.

The law comes into effect on October 1st, 2008 and will allow police to confiscate a motor vehicle if the rider is caught doing more than 30mph over the limit.

There will be further penalties imposed including jail sentences of five to ten years as well as suspended motorcycle licences for ten years.

The bill was originally introduced specifically against motorcycles but an amendment was made to include all vehicles.


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*kipper*

how is that "anti-biker" 

its been changed to include all vehicles so its equal fighting ground for all 


Posted: 17/03/2008 18:47


SiFocusUK
because it wouldnt make such as good a headline for a bike forum/mag if it wasnt
Posted: 17/03/2008 18:57


tufty
From what I've read elsewhere there is a problem in parts of the US with inexperienced, untrained, and incompetent riders speeding and trying to stunt and becoming accident statistics. I suppose the authorities have decided rider education hasn't worked and have taken a more drastic approach.
Posted: 17/03/2008 19:14


MarkLG

Where's the problem??
If you know that doing 30 over the limit will get your vehicle confiscated and you still do it then you're an idiot (or more likely high on drugs in a nicked car).

Looks like the writer's been to the MCN school of journolism.


Posted: 17/03/2008 19:16


Doolybhoy
The next college boy that rides into college and shoots a bunch of his classmates is really gonna fuck it up for bikers across there, gun will still be legal but bikes will probably get banned
Posted: 17/03/2008 19:25


edexup

fukin MCN stylee pish reporting


Posted: 17/03/2008 20:24


RiceBurner
tufty wrote (see)
From what I've read elsewhere there is a problem in parts of the US with inexperienced, untrained, and incompetent riders speeding and trying to stunt and becoming accident statistics. I suppose the authorities have decided rider education hasn't worked and have taken a more drastic approach.
Problem there is that training isn't mandatory (as I understand it) - you can literally just buy a bike and ride it.
Posted: 17/03/2008 22:09


tappy
Yeah. Or buy a gun and shoot it. Or someone else.
Posted: 17/03/2008 22:26


bmwonder
Anti bike???? But it clearly says that it covers everyone. As said...definately worthy of an MCN journalism prize that one.
Posted: 18/03/2008 10:10

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