FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Nov 14, 2007

Contact: Jeff Hennie, MRF Vice-President of Government Relations
jeff@mrf.org (e-mail)

Press Release
For immediate release
11-15-07 9:00 AM

The Motorcycle Riders Foundation is holding a press conference in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, Washington DC. The purpose of this press event is to make the public aware of the recent activities by the National Transportation Safety Board concerning Motorcycle Safety.

The NTSB recently made recommendations for motorcycles based on a two day meeting held in Washington DC. The NTSB has investigated just 6 actual motorcycle accidents in their 40 year history. A wide divide from the 134,000 other accidents they have investigated over the same period of time.

Because of the high standards the NTSB has held itself to over its lengthy history; most of the recommendations made are perceived as the best foot forward. This is in part because of the intense investigation, rigorous study and a perfectionists' mind set maintained by the NTSB. The motorcyclists of America deserve that same attention.

Of the seven recommendations made by the NTSB, three call for the states that do not have mandatory helmet laws for all motorcyclists to enact them. The MRF finds this troubling considering that according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) two of the three states with the biggest increases in motorcycle fatalities had mandatory helmet laws and top three states with the largest decrease in motorcycle fatalities did not have mandatory helmet laws. (source: NHTSA traffic safety facts August 2007)

The MRF, incorporated in 1987, is the only Washington voice devoted exclusively to the rights and safety concerns of highway motorcyclists. We are the advocate in the nation's capitol for the on-road motorcyclists' rights in America.

The Motorcycle Riders Foundation is working with Congress to ask the NTSB to reconsider the recommendations based on lack of investigation and study.

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rights organization to establish a full-time presence in Washington, DC,
the Motorcycle Riders Foundation is the only Washington voice devoted
exclusively to the street rider. The MRF established MRFPAC in the early
1990s to advocate the election of candidates who would champion the cause
of rider safety and rider freedom.

The MRF proudly claims state motorcyclists' rights organizations and the
very founders of the American riders' rights movement among its leading
members. The MRF is involved in federal and state legislation and
regulations, motorcycling safety education, training, and public
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organizations with direction and information, and sponsors annual regional
and national educational seminars for motorcyclists rights activists, as
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