Nevada

December 2011

There are motorcycle right activist in Nevada that are questioning if it is time to "Extinguish" the Nevada Rider Program?

Some believe the Nevada Rider Motorcycle Safety Program should be discontinued. It is being asked that discussion of the following items concerning the Nevada Rider Program be placed on the agenda of the next Motorcycle Advisory Board Meeting:

• The program has undermined the rights of motorcyclists.
• It has undermined motorcycle tourism.
• It continues to work with mainstream media to blame motorcyclists when there is a motorcycle accident.
• It has failed to demonstrate its effectiveness to reduce deaths or accidents.
• It has participated in being less than truthful to our Senators during legislative sessions by siding with law enforcers whose only agenda appears to be control and domination over motorcyclists rather than safety.
• It has disproportionately allocated funds among the various parts of the State.
• It has showed bad faith by moving a meeting to an earlier date in an apparent effort to exclude member of the public and media.
• It is run by a retired police officer that is compensated by contract in order to not adversely impact his pension.
• It is unable to describe how it is that a rider can know for certain if they are complying with Nevada's helmet law.
• It makes up meeting rules on the spot to muzzle people with serious questions.

When Nevada Rider State Program was started there were not any privet training schools, now there are, and some feel this government program needs to be discontinued and allow motorcyclist to decide what private training school they think will serve them best.