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HB 1429 Handlebar Height Requirement. Repeals provision that limits motorcycle handlebars to 15 inches above seat. PASSED HB 1813 requires signs be posted 500 yards in advance of places of construction specifically hazardous to motorcycles. Signs warning motorcyclists of hazards in highway work zones. Requires that signs warning motorcyclists of possible hazards (including, but not limited to, steel plates, longitudinal grooves, looses gravel, or uneven lanes) be posted at least 500 feet in advance of every highway work zone. TABLED: VCOM is currently working with VDOT under the close guidelines of the Transportation Committe to work through this problem without legislation. HB 1894 Equal access to public accommodations. Prohibits any person who owns or operates a place of public accommodation from restricting an individual from access or admission to the place of public accommodation or otherwise preventing the individual from using the place of public accommodation solely because the individual wears clothing that displays the name of a social or fraternal organization or association. The bill defines "public accommodation" as a business or other entity that offers to the general public food, shelter, recreation, or amusement, or any other goods, services, privilege, facility, or accommodation. The bill also permits individuals to sue to enjoin violations, recover damages in the amount of $500 per violation, or up to $1,500 for willful violations, and recover attorney's fees and court costs. FAILED IN COMMITTEE HB 1848 Motorcycles; helmets. Limits the application of the "motorcycle helmet law" to operators and passengers less than 21 years old, and provides that a citation for a violation of the provisions requiring the operator or passenger to wear a protective helmet may not be issued unless the officer has another reason to stop the vehicle or arrest the driver. OUT OF COMMITTEE AND FAILED ON THE FLOOR HB 1938 Helmets on Byways. Exempts motorcyclists operating on scenic highways and Virginia byways from the motorcycle helmet law. The bill also makes failure to wear a required helmet a "secondary offense" (like failure to wear a safety belt). OUT OF COMMITTEE AND FAILED ON THE FLOOR HB 1385 Motor vehicle headlights, tail lights, brake lights, and license plate illumination . Relocates Code provisions allowing motorcycles to be equipped with one or more auxiliary brake lights of types approved by the Superintendent of State Police and requires every motorcycle to have one or two tail lights and a device so mounted as to illuminate its license plate. The bill also requires that all motor vehicles and trailers and semitrailers being drawn by other vehicles have two red tail lights and that motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers, but not motorcycles or certain antique motor vehicles, have at least two brake lights. AMENDED THROUGH VCOM'S EFFORTS TO NOT CHANGE THE EXISITING MOTORCYCLE LAW. Motorcycle passengers. Prohibits transportation of passengers less than six years old on motorcycles. KILLED BY VCOM AND OUR FRIENDS IN THE CAPITOL |