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MOTOBRICK.COM => The MBdotCOM Community Center => Topic started by: DRxBMW on June 23, 2011, 05:44:01 PM
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Say what you will about the French, they know how to throw a mass protest (I mean c'mon, the whole guillotine thing was pretty awesome way to get one's point across)...
Anyway, the French government is set to implement a bunch of new rules governing motorcyclists. ABATE thinks helmet laws suck? How about being required to wear reflective vests, and new giganto-tags for the back of the bike to make it easier to read in speed camera pictures.
Surrender monkeys? Hell no - 75,000 riders participated in a coordinated protest, despite rain and hailstorms. That, folks, is dedication.
Some highlights?
Here's one rider's version of the proposed tag:
And the high-viz vest? His reads "Now can you see me better?"
Seriously... Until you get this to start happening:
... riders in the U.S. are gonna continue to be screwed. Check it out... sportbikes, cruisers, tourers... fighting something other than each other.
More pics and details at:
http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/anatomy-of-a-french-motorcycle-protest-ride.htm (http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/anatomy-of-a-french-motorcycle-protest-ride.htm)
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The french are good at that sort of thing. I recall a few years ago a heap of farmers protested and among other things dumped a tipper full of Pigsh on the steps of the parliment, apparently it got the message across.