I completely agree with the AMA's take on this, BUT I HOPE people will realize that MUCH of the responsibility for Arnold(a guy who rode motorcycles for years in CA before bothering to take the time to get his CLASS-M License and EVEN during his time as Governor...but I digress) signing this measure BELONGS on the shoulders of ALL THOSE motorcyclists who persist in riding with EXCESSIVELY LOUD AFTERMARKET EXHAUST SYSTEMS on their machines, and thus BRINGING ATTENTION ONTO THEMSELVES(but NOT necessarily "saving their lives"!!!...YEAH, I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN, 'cause I'VE RIDDEN MOTORCYCLES FOR 43 FRIGGIN' YEARS, and I'M STILL AROUND AND KICKIN' WITHOUT RIDING WITH THOSE!!!!!!!...AAH, but I DIGRESS AGAIN HERE, HUH???!!!) and by association onto ALL motorcyclists, and thus P*SSING OFF MANY of the NINETY PERCENT of people who have NEVER RIDDEN a motorcycle in their lives...and thus THIS KIND of legislation which others piggyback with "Environmental" legislation, receives VAST FRIGGIN' POLITICAL SUPPORT from many of the said NINETY PERCENT who have never ridden a motorcycle!!!
AND, for those of you out there who MIGHT BE thinking something along the lines of, "Well, that's California for ya! THIS could NEVER happen out here in "Real America!"...WEEELLLL, I've got NEWS for YOU!!! DON'T FORGET that MUCH of the so-called "Environmental/Quality of Life Legislation passed THROUGHOUT this country of ours may START it's "groundswell" out in the California(like banning smoking inside establishments) BUT these USUALLY will EVENTUALLY end up being the "Law of the Land" EVEN IN "The Heartland", and usually "THANKS" TO those who, through their continual irresponsible actions regarding their practices of almost ANYTHING under the sun and their "apparent"(and appearances MATTER...EVEN in "The Heartland") disregard for the wishes and concerns of the previously mentioned "NINETY PERCENT" or at least the majority of VOTERS out there!!!!
(...and soooooo, do many of YOU here NOW understand WHY CRAP like THIS happens??????????????????)
