No Handlebars above shoulder height

[wardog]

Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 582
BY SENATORS GALLOT AND GARY SMITH

To amend and reenact R.S. 32:191.3(B), relative to motorcycles; to provide relative to handlebars on motorcycles; and to provide for related matters.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
Section 1. R.S. 32:191.3(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

No person shall operate any motorcycle with handlebars that require the hands of the operator to be above the operator's shoulder height when the operator is sitting astride the seat and the operator's hands are on the handlebar grips.

This will become ACT 473 effective August 1,2012 in Louisiana.

 

[Biker Babe]

Handlebar Height Laws

 

[Oscar Maldonado]

It's true Greg. I was taling to a cop buddy of mine about it and they were instructed to start handing out tickets the date that law becomes effective.

I told him that he needed to invest in a lot of ink pens.:roll::roll::roll:

Just another thing they're taking away from us - First the madatory helmet law and now this. He also let me know that next will be the loud pipes. Says he sees that by 2014.:down:

 

[Knuckles]

Been like that in Sturgis for years

 

[slam]

What a bunch of bullshit! When is this shit gonna stop. The S.O.B.s that make these damn laws probably don't even ride motorcycles. I think congress ought to let riders make the laws.

 

[chacha]

Be glad that the States still have most of the control over the issue. The f'n Feds try to get involved at this level of detail every few years and the States fight it. They want the control and the $$!

In VA, the locals even argue with the state over who keeps the $$. Your pipes are fine in some counties and no good in others - wicked stupid.

 

[nine lives]

Use to be the law in Pa not to have bars above the shoulders. If I'm not mistaken, that got shot down along with the helmet law. Bikers Active Towards Education (ABATE) was leading the fight for bikers rights here in PA and instrumental in helping to repeal these laws.

 

[diver1]

You all might want to check out Motorcycle Riders Foundation
MRF.org - Motorcycle Riders Foundation - Ride with the Leaders The only way to keep the politicians and lobbyist from making these laws is to have some representation at the source. Check out their website.

 

[jimizee028]

You just gotta wonder why they would enforce a stupid law like this but not enforce the use of a phone while driving,something that could kill that personand others far more than some apes will......