MIC Delivers Congress Nearly
4,000 Letters to Stop Youth ATV Ban
Stop the Ban on Youth Motorcycles and ATVs
Irvine, CA (2/19/2010) - Today,
representatives from the Motorcycle Industry Council
(MIC) delivered nearly 4,000 letters to Congress
signed by motorcycle industry professionals that
have had their livelihoods impacted by the lead
provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement
Act (CPSIA). The letters were signed and collected
at the Dealernews International Powersports Dealer
Expo in Indianapolis, IN, Feb. 12-15. MIC also hosted
other activities and provided multi-media communications
tools that allowed dealers, MIC members, and Expo
exhibitors to urge Congress to take action to permanently
end the ban on youth vehicles.
"We believe these letters along with the
other communications will help add to the momentum
encouraging Congress to amend the CPSIA's lead
content provisions to exclude youth vehicles,"
said MIC chairman and Cycle World Magazine senior
vice president and chief brand officer, Larry
Little. "Our Industry has a voice and we
believe Congress is hearing us loud and clear.
The timing of the show couldn't have been better
given the Consumer Product Safety Commission's
(CPSC) recent recommendations."
The CPSC recently requested flexibility to grant
exclusions from the lead content limit to address
certain products including youth vehicles in a
Jan. 15 report to Congress.
MIC's general counsel Paul Vitrano said, "We
are headed in the right direction, but we still
need to have our voice heard. We encourage every
rider and everyone in the industry to weigh in.
The Expo in Indianapolis was a great kick-off,
but there are still opportunities to urge Congress
to stop the ban."
The letters were delivered to Chairman Rockefeller
(D-WV) and Ranking Member Hutchison (R-TX) of
the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation and to Chairman Waxman (D-CA) and
Ranking Member Joe Barton (R-TX) of the House
Committee on Energy and Commerce as well as to
the Senate and House Appropriations Committees.
"It is important that the Committees that
have jurisdiction over this issue, and who will
be important players in any ultimate resolution,
have a real understanding of how many people from
their states, districts and across America are
impacted by the ban," stated MIC's director
of federal affairs, Duane Taylor.
Please visit www.stopthebannow.com
to have your voice heard.
Three key reasons why youth ATVs and motorcycles
should be excluded from the CPSIA's lead content
provisions:
1. The lead content poses no risk to kids. Experts
estimate that the lead intake from kids' interaction
with metal parts is less than the lead intake
from drinking a glass of water.
2. The key to keeping youth safe is having them
ride the right size vehicle. Kids are now at risk
because the availability of youth ATVs and motorcycles
is limited due to the lead ban.
3. The lead ban hurts the economy for no good
reason when everyone is trying to grow the economy
and create jobs. MIC estimates that a complete
ban on youth model vehicles would result in about
$1 billion in lost economic value in the retail
marketplace every year.
Visit www.stopthebannow.com
for background information, FAQs, and public outreach
tools for the Stop The Ban campaign.
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