In case you forgot. Many of the measures in South Dakota are misleading. You need to read them over and over to catch the real direction. If you’re not sure Vote No. Maybe they will straighten it out the next time.
Tuesday Is Election Day
Next Tuesday is Election Day. With the election on the horizon, legislators nationwide are in full last-minute campaign mode. Congress may have its eyes already turned toward election results, but we will follow up on our release from last Friday.
Last week, a dozen bipartisan members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to Sophie Shulman, the Acting Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) expressing concerns about Tesla’s Full Self-Driving and Autopilot software. The letter highlights concerns regarding “An alarming pattern of Teslas with Autopilot engaged causing fatal accidents with motorcyclists, bicyclists and stopped emergency vehicles.”
The lawmakers seek two remedies from NHTSA. First, improved crash reporting, including allowing other road users, such as motorcyclists, to report crashes to NHTSA. Second, enforcing restrictions on where and when autopilot systems can be activated.
The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) worked in conjunction with the Dawn Project on this letter from Congress. The Dawn Project’s mission is to make sure computers are safe for humanity, by making certain that safety-critical software systems never fail and are not hackable.
The MRF would like to thank our members who contacted their representatives about the letter. Additionally, we are grateful to Representative Anne McLane Kuster of New Hampshire who helped lead this effort as well as the additional 11 members of Congress whose signatures appear on the letter:
Rep. Julia Brownley (CA)
Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA)
Rep. Steve Cohen (TN)
Rep. Debbie Dingell (MI)
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA)
Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (IL)
Rep. Jared Huffman (CA)
Rep. Hank Johnson (GA)
Rep. Seth Moulton (MA)
Rep. Grace Napolitano (CA)
Rep. Chris Pappas (NH)
–MRF
Join the MRF, Motorcycle Riders Foundation at www.mrf.org
CRAZY JOHN IS BACK–
I was planning on writing the story of how the riserless handlebars I made in 1964 for my minibike were a prophesy for the riserless handlebars I made for my ’68 XLCH you put on the August 1976 cover of Easyriders after I got back from SEMA. And then at 4AM this morning I couldn’t sleep, so I thought I’d write it, but then this came out. David Mann told me I could become a writer and you gave me the chance to become a writer – becoming a photographer was a side effect.
The luck of the draw
How a person’s life shapes up is the luck of the draw. It’s the people you meet good or bad that cast the die for how things turn out. This said it’s high time that I thank the people that helped me make it this far. I’ll start with Keith “Bandit” Ball he’s the person that has made the biggest difference in how well things have turned out for me.
I met Keith in 1972 at the El Monte courthouse after Dean Pettigrew and I had appeared for a modified front end ticket for the 18-inch over springer on Dean’s ’60 XLH Sportster. Our choppers were parked across the street from the courthouse. Keith was riding a rat Panhead with an open primary. Keith worked for Easyriders magazine and was there representing the MMA (Modified Motorcycle Association) to help us fight the frontend ticket.
The next time I had dealings with Keith I had called to tell him the feature he wrote in Easyriders on Dean’s chopped ’68 Shovelhead with a 28-inch over girder was pure bullshit. Keith wrote the reason the tank on Dean’s bike didn’t match the rest of the paint was because the “lacquer hype” custom painter had split to Canada with Dean’s gas tank.
What Keith didn’t know is Dean hadn’t paid me in full for molding and painting his bike. Dean picked up his frame and rear fender but I still had his gas tank. I told Dean he needed to pay me off, or I was going to take the tank with me to Calgary to show people my work when I opened up Crazy John Custom Paint in Calgary — to be continued
–Crazy John Gilbert
WHILE ONE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN ANOTHER ONE KICKS OFF–Royal Enfield To Reveal First Electric Motorcycle At EICMA Today
At the 2024 EICMA event in Milan, Royal Enfield is all set to reveal its first ever electric motorcycle.
–Wafarer
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