Motorcycle Awareness Part Of Virginia's Drivers Ed Training
7 April 2000
March 31, 2000 For Immediate Release MOTORCYCLE AWARENESS PART OF VIRGINIA'S DRIVERS ED TRAINING PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- Student drivers in Virginia will be learning a lot more about sharing the road with motorcycles under a bill signed into law by Gov. James Gilmore, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports. The bill is one of three pro-motorcycling measures approved by this year's Legislature and signed into law by Gilmore on March, 10. All three proposals were backed by the Virginia Coalition of Motorcyclists and ABATE of Virginia. The drivers education bill, HB 430, requires that drivers education programs in the public schools include motorcycle awareness as part of the training. The governor also signed into law a bill that allows the sale of special license plates to support the Motorcycle Rider Safety Training Program. Under HB 429, special license plates with the slogan "Share the Road" will be sold. After the first 1,000 plates are sold, $15 of the $25 special plate fee will be deposited into the Motorcycle Rider Safety Train gin Program Fund. The third new law allows motorcycles to be equipped with auxiliary brake lights. This was SB 247. The American Motorcyclist Association is a 250,000-member non-profit organization. Established in 1924, the Association's purpose is to pursue, protect and promote the interests of motorcyclists, while serving the needs of its members. For more information, visit the AMA website at www.AMADirectlink.com. Contact: Bill Kresnak Phone: (614) 856-1900
