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FYI
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joe mastro
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Jan 27, 2008 18:14 PST
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Moriarty brings back the bill
to ban quick-releases in Jersey
Moriarty is at it again, resurrecting the tabled bill to ban QRs in NJ.
We need your help to shut it down. The new bill is A1251 and has been
referred to the Assembly Consumer Affairs Subcommittee. We are asking
everyone but especially those individuals who live in District 4 to
contact Moriarty directly or who live District 5 to contact Consumer
Affairs Chair Nilsa Cruz-Perez.
District 4 Clementon, Franklin Twp, Glassboro, Gloucester Twp, Laurel
Springs, Lindenwold, Monroe Twp, Newfield, Pitman, Washington Twp
District 5 Audubon, Barrington, Bellmawr, Brooklawn, Camden, Deptford
Twp, Gloucester, Haddon Hts, Hi- Nella, Lawnside, Magnolia, Mount
Ephraim, Runnemede, Somerdale, Stratford, Westville, Woodbury, Woodbury
Hts, Woodlynne
129 Johnson Rd Ste 1 Turnersville NJ 08012 856-232-6700
18 Somerdale Rd Blackwood NJ 08012 856-227-5900
These are the talking points you should use when you make contact:
NJ Bill A1251 would make it illegal to sell any bicycle including ADULT
ones with current quick releases;
- It is wrongly promoted as being directed only to children's bicycles;
- This will have an immediate, significant, adverse impact on:
a. New Jersey Bicycle consumers
b. New Jersey Bicycle dealers
None of the bicycles on the market could meet the standard of A1251
- This would IMMEDIATELY shut down the bicycle retail business in New Jersey
- The Bill would require a quick release retention system on adult bikes
that:
a. Works AUTOMATICALLY
b. ALWAYS retains the wheel
There is no commercially available system that meets this impossible
standard.
-The Quick Release has been in use for over 50 years
-On today's commercial bicycles, bikes with Quick Releases also come
with redundant retention.
-A properly used Quick Release is SAFER than a bicycle with a bolted axle.
Bill A1251 is ill advised because:
a. It is not directed only at Children's bikes;
b. It will shut down the New Jersey Bicycle business;
c. It will be pre-empted by Federal Law that already regulates bicycles
quick releases.
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