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Computer terrorism?

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BLUERIBBON COALITION ACTION ALERT!

Attention BRC Action Alert Subscriber,

KEEP UP THE PRESSURE ON THE CPSC AND CONGRESS

On February 10, 2009, a new law regulating lead content in certain products went into effect. This is adversely affecting companies that manufacture or distribute youth model all-terrain vehicles and off-highway motorcycles. Dealers that sell and service those products are being impacted as well.

The Specialty Vehicle Institute of America (SVIA) and the Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC) have urgently requested the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and federal legislators to take a common sense approach to implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act's lead provisions.

SVIA and MIC have filed petitions with the CPSC for emergency relief from the provisions. They are also seeking a temporary final rule to exempt ATV and motorcycle parts in order to avoid major disruptions to enthusiasts, to the member companies' businesses, and to the companies' dealer network of thousands of small, independent businesses, which employ tens of thousands of Americans.

BRC is asking all OHV users to continue this contact the Consumer Product Safety Commission and their elected officials today!

Use the following links to send your comments and to contact your Congressional Representatives and the CPSC. Included below is a sample letter regarding the functional ban of all youth-oriented OHVs, which started February 10, 2009.

BRC Letter to CPSC
http://www.sharetrails.org/uploads/BRC_ ... _FINAL.pdf

CPSC Comment Page
http://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/info.aspx

BRC Rapid Response Center to contact Members of Congress
http://www.sharetrails.org/rapid_response/

Missouri State Representative Tom Self
http://www.tomself.com

Congressional Western Caucus Letter
http://www.sharetrails.org/uploads/CPSC ... 090001.pdf

CPSC NAM Request for Emergency Stay
http://www.sharetrails.org/files/CPSC-N ... y-Stay.pdf

Thanks in advance for your support,
Don Amador
Western Representative
BlueRibbon Coalition
(925) 625-6287

PS: BRC needs your support via membership and donations to help us continue our efforts to champion responsible OHV access to public lands. To sign up as a member or to make a donation, Click Here:

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Sample Letter:

As a member of the OHV community, I want to voice my strong support for petitions filed by the Motorcycle Industry Council and Specialty Vehicle Institute of America to seek emergency relief from provisions, which went into effect on February 10, 2009.

While I do support efforts by the Consumer Product Safety Commission to protect children from lead content in products that truly present a risk to children, I do not believe the Commission intended that metal parts on ATVs and motorcycles be included in that regulation because they do not present a lead risk to children.

As the spring OHV recreation season rapidly approaches and dealers face the prospect of being put out of business, I ask you to support efforts to exclude youth-oriented OHVs from being unnecessarily impacted by this ban.

Sincerely,

Your name &
Address



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The state that your and our economy here in Canada is in right now how can your congress even consider such actions.Do they not watch TV do they not see how many people showed up to watch the AMA Super Cross in GA.Did it not occur to them that this is part of the over all picture like buying cars and homes going on vacations?This bill and anything like this will have the USA in a state of depression in no time.Or do they think that by the people spending their money has nothing to do with keeping the economy working?Just a thought.

fedge said:

The state that your and our economy here in Canada is in right now how can your congress even consider such actions.Do they not watch TV do they not see how many people showed up to watch the AMA Super Cross in GA.Did it not occur to them that this is part of the over all picture like buying cars and homes going on vacations?This bill and anything like this will have the USA in a state of depression in no time.Or do they think that by the people spending their money has nothing to do with keeping the economy working?Just a thought.

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That's just it Jeff,

The people in Congress et al are so disconnected from their peers it's not even funny. The whole reason everything is so messed up right now is that these rep's haven't a clue how to run anything other than their own little play ground up on the hill. Heck, the can't even run the darn cafeteria on the hill correctly. I saw an article in Cycle News about this and they estimate that it is going to cost business over a billion dollars this year alone. But hey, when you're throwing around 999 billion, what's one billion? Especially when it's not your money!!!

http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/indus ... -in-losses