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2009-10(#2): Motorcyclists Slighted by USDOT Distracted Driving Summit (Bikers' Rights)

Last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and the Department of Transportation staged a two-day Distracted
Driving Summit in Washington DC: [ http://tinyurl.com/ncozgx ]
Of all motorists, motorcyclists are the most vulnerable to injury or …

Last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and the Department of Transportation staged a two-day Distracted
Driving Summit in Washington DC: [ http://tinyurl.com/ncozgx ]
Of all motorists, motorcyclists are the most vulnerable to injury or death as a result of accidents caused by
distracted drivers. Yet for some reason, neither the American Motorcyclist Association (“AMA”), nor the Motorcycle
Riders Foundation (“MRF”), nor any of the attorney-fronting faux MROs were invited to sit on any Summit panel,
give a presentation, or even make a formal statement. In fact, neither “motorcycles” nor “motorcyclists”
were even mentioned in the Summit agenda: [ http://tinyurl.com/yalgzex ]
Why motorcyclists were slighted is a mystery. Another mystery is how the federal government managed to issue press
release DOT 156-09 summarizing the conclusions and recommendations coming from the Summit at 1:07pm ET, when
the Summit did not officially conclude until 23 minutes later: