M.R.F. State Representative ~ Jinx Rahn

Bikers in the Beltway 2022 was canceled for Michigan. We are not attending due to the lack of in-person appointments. We will renew our presence at this important national event in 2023. We want thank Bear and Little Ice Man for contacting congressmen on profiling, renewable fuels, and autonomous vehicles. We also want to thank Jay Jackson and his members for visiting Congressman Tim Walberg. Thank you to all that made the trip and truly make the MRF the voice of the street rider in Washington D.C.! Tim Walberg’s district has changed greatly.  His district now goes from Lake Erie to Lake Michigan along the southern border.  ABATE of Michigan has made Tim’s re-election a goal for the upcoming primary in August.  There are four to six new counties that need to stand up for a motorcyclist’s rights champion for over 30 years.  Time to keep Tim in office to help all of us. Time for action and not talk.  We need to keep Tim in Washington D.C. As Motorcycle Awareness Month wraps up, we want to send a special thank you to Congressman Tim Walberg for his continuous fight for motorcyclist’s rights and his letter written to his colleagues in Washington D.C. pushing H. Res 366. awareness of motorcyclist profiling and encourages collaboration between the motorcycle community and law enforcement officials to prevent instances of profiling. We continue to ask each of our MRF Reps and Assistant Reps to target signing up a minimum of ten new MRF members over the course of our ‘membership calendar year’, which runs from August 1st through July 31st. We think ten new members over a year’s time is a realistic goal, one that our Reps and Assistant Reps can meet with a little bit of effort. Please accept this challenge in the light that it is intended to help us to make the MRF an even stronger voice for American bikers. As Ronald Reagan said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”  Let’s continue signing up members to fight for our freedom as motorcyclists.  Please consider attending Meeting of the mind Seminar in Iowa this September 23, through 25. There is a lot of good information, and it is a great time.  Just a reminder when writing articles for MRF within the Michigan Rider (ABATE) or the American Biker Journal (MRF) you need to get Jinx’s approval first.  At the State level we are fighting: SB706: is regarding autonomous vehicles, which is on our MRF list of things to tackle in 2021/2022. Summary of this bill allows MDOT to determine who can use the road. Specify that, if MDOT designated a segment of roadway as an automated vehicle roadway, or a lane or ramp of an automated vehicle roadway as an automated vehicle roadway lane, the roadway could be subject to requirements established as a condition for use and that the roadway could be reserved for the exclusive use of motor vehicles as determined by MDOT. HB  4809: This bill would allow motorcyclists injured in an accident involving a motor vehicle to seek their no-fault benefits from their OWN auto insurance instead of that of the other driver.  HB 5370: which states in Sec. 649a. The driver of a vehicle at a location other than an intersection intending to turn to the left across a lane of traffic traveling in the opposite direction shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching from the opposite direction that are so close to the driver as to constitute an immediate hazard. An individual who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.   Upcoming MRF events • Meeting of the mind Seminar – September 23, - 25 in Iowa If you are not a member of the MRF, why not? 

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