CPSC lead ban forces MIC call to action

Paul Vitrano discusses the impact of the Consumer Products Safety Commission on the sale of powersports products for children under 12. This law effectively will stop the sale of all products to this demographic until each product is tested for strict lead content maximums. The law was written to protect children from products that can be out into their mouths, typical toys and small objects, and the Motorcycle Industry Council is soliciting assistance in helping draw the distinction of how a powersports product is used, and how the targeted market is not likely to suffer from lead poisoning via powersports products, apparel and safety gear. It is estimated by the AMA that the impact of this bill will cost the powersports indutry over one billion dollars - not to mention the generation of kids that will not get to ride newer and safer products.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• ATV
• Powersports
• CPSC
• Paul Vitrano
• Children
• Safety
• Motorcycles
• Lead
• Motorcycle
• Industry

[sasktank]

there's lead in pedal bikes too--ban them aswell-- it only fair

[pandyapalooza]

They are banned. Unless the manufacturer has paid to get the item certified as NOT containing more than a specific amount of lead - all products are banned. This is not aimed at powersports - we are just a casualty in a too-broadly written bill intended to basically protect kids from being poisoned when putting toys in their mouths.

[handcraftivist]

Good for the OHV industry for TACKLING the HUGE problems caused by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act! Adding this and all of the motocross industry CPSIA related videos to my playlists at youtube/handcraftivist and spreading the word on Twitter at twitter/cpsia

[handcraftivist]

We MUST amend the CPSIA! Join the fight at the Amend the CPSIA Rally in Washington, DC on April 1, 2009. If

For updates on the CPSIA and its devastating affect on books, apparel, OHVs, handcrafted, thrift shops, toys and books, join me at twitter com/cpsia

[rideyourrace]

Help keep youth motocross alive & sign the petitions to protect our kids and freedoms!

[Motohouse2]

But liberals will use it as a tool to help kill off our sport and conservatives would not. Since we now have a very liberal federal government, that we will need to deal with to get this overturned, it is indeed a liberal issue. The liberal eco nazis use these types of things all of the time to keep us out of the forests too.

[leovinceusa]

Not a liberal or conservative issue...just stupid government ignorance. Make sure your congressional and senate representative know this is bad government and you want it changed.

[uglycarfan]

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. - Mark Twain

[QdrewtigerQ]

the liberal idiots in congress has stretched this law to shut dowe the small powersports industry.