Elio Blog, Two States Left

[AriLea]

The news blog say that now only two states Missouri and West Virginia have Helmet laws for the Elio still on the books. Five others have underage helmet laws as well.

The two States have very short congresional sessions, Jan-May for Missouri and Jan-Feb for WV. So not much can change there until January. Both States have pending bills when they come back.

How the heck can modern government survive with such sort sessions to address all the crap that comes up in a year these days? On the other hand... maybe slowness is a good thing where congress is involved since that is as close to careful as they get.

 

[ecdriver711]

I wish the congress would go to shorter sessions.

 

[Ekh]

AriLea, you may have opened the door to yet another political controversy. But, wouldn't the auto cycle legislation recently introduced in Congress deal with helmet laws and other safety requirements for auto cycles?

 

[AriLea]

AriLea, you may have opened the door to yet another political controversy. But, wouldn't the auto cycle legislation recently introduced in Congress deal with helmet laws and other safety requirements for auto cycles?

Hopefully yes. Otherwise, those two states do have pending ledgislation, which gets revisited in January.

 

[LillyMayPatterson #1685 & #5648]

This is a milestone. Well, A little one, at least.

 

[NSTG8R]

Come on MO! Get with the program!

 

[JEBar]

Come on MO! Get with the program!

any clue what is holding them back ?

 

[NSTG8R]

any clue what is holding them back ?

Haven't really researched it, but I've got a reason to now.

 

[satx]

any clue what is holding them back ?

MO is a red state. XXXX hate regulations.

Abbott/TX is still saying TX will continue to regulate against Tesla (or Elio) direct sales, because TX believes in the "free market" and small govt.

 

[bowers baldwin]

Uh oh, get ready for the red/blue team arguments....