Bills Passed:
New York
motorcyclists have a victory on tolls for motorcycles on the New
York State Thruway. Beginning May 1, 2005 motorcycles will pay about
half of what cars pay as long as the motorcyclist has an E-Z pass.
Right now, a car driver with or without an E-Z pass pays almost four
cents a mile. Motorcyclists have been paying the same amount. Come
May motorcyclists with an E-Z pass will pay 1.9 cents per mile. To
get an E-Z pass, motorcyclists can go to:
http://capwiz.com/amacycle/utr/1/MJAXEGRFBX/LOAWEGRFHR/ for the
application.
The efforts of AMA Community
Council – Capitol Area and AMA District 3, President Lawrence
Schwartz assisted in making this reduction possible.
Larry and Prospector have been working on
this one for some time,
and it finally happened.
Bills:
Folks..
chalk up another one for the good guys!!
This morning, the New York State Senate, after intensive lobbying
by Larry and Bob with the Senate General Counsel's office, gave approval to
Senate bill 706, our anti-discrimination measure. It now goes to the
Governor. We have great hopes he will sign this one.
This bill bars communities, small and large, from banning
motorcycles on any road, street or highway that uses state funds to plan, design,
build, operate or maintain that road, street or highway. The bill does
not restrict communities from regulating traffic, congestion, noise or
pollution and things like that. Those are all local issues. But it does mean
that no one can ban motorcycles for just being motorcycles. Hail to all.
It's been a good day!!!
Larry Schwartz
