Enforcement of a law that could prohibit sales of kid-sized dirtbikes and ATVs has been delayed once again, with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voting now to wait until Dec. 31. That will allow more time for H.R. 412, the Kids Just Want to Ride Act, introduced by Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT), to possibly be passed and resolve the situation.
The problem arose with passage of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008 and its subsequent interpretation that would ban the kid-sized vehicles because they contain trace levels of lead in parts such as batteries and brake calipers.
The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), Motorcycle Industry Council, and other groups have worked and rallied their members to prevent this interpretation of the law from being enforced.
"I want to thank all of the AMA and ATVA (All Terrain Vehicle Association) members and riders who used AMA and ATVA tools to request a delay in the enforcement of the law," said Ed Moreland, AMA senior vice president for government relations. "This latest action affords riders much-needed breathing room to allow federal lawmakers to exempt child-sized dirtbikes and ATVs from the law.
"It's important now for anyone concerned about this issue to contact their federal lawmakers to ask them to support H.R. 412, the Kids Just Want to Ride Act, that was introduced by U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) to exempt kids' dirtbikes and ATVs from the law," Moreland said.
The AMA is urging all its members and anyone else concerned about the issue to write their congressional representatives urging passage of this bill and has set up a web page to facilitate these contacts.
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And from your earlier articles we know the kids aren't actually eating their motorcycles.
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