The Black box on your bike..coming for your ass?

[budman]

On Jan. 14th U.S. Sens. John Hoeven (R.-N.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D.-Minn.) introduced S. 1925, the Driver Privacy Act.

The bill would codify that information collected by an event data recorder – commonly referred to as a black box – would be the legal property of the owner or lessee of a passenger motor vehicle.
However, as currently written, S. 1925 only provides privacy protections to vehicles that are specifically mentioned in CFR 49, section 563. This section does not include any reference to motorcycles!
As a result, the privacy protections offered to passenger motor vehicles would not extend to motorcyclists. In fact, all information collected from motorcyclists would remain unprotected.
Please contact your senators today and urge them to protect motorcyclists’ rights. You can send your senators a prewritten message by clicking on the “Protect My Privacy” button above or filling out the form below.
The American Motorcyclist Association supports clarifying who owns the data collected in black boxes – currently only 14 states have laws relating to ownership of data in an event data recorder.
This issue needs to be resolved because, as Sen. Hoeven said on the floor of the U.S. Senate: “There are more than 45 different data points that are in fact recorded right now. Again, the manufacturer can change this – add to it. There are no limitations or restrictions or guidelines or requirements on what manufacturers can have the event data recorder do.”
While event data recorders are not currently required for motorcycles, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration already requires all passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses to be equipped with a black box. The AMA believes it is only a matter of time before this mandate extends to motorcycles.

The AMA fully supports extending the provisions in S. 1925 to motorcyclists, in much the same manner that the U.S. House of Representatives’ H.R. 2414, the Black Box Privacy Protection Act, would. The AMA fully supports the bipartisan House bill.
The AMA submitted comments to Sens. Hoeven and Klobuchar. You can view the AMA's comments online.

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This is exactly the sort of thing we need the AMA for. There is really no way for an individual to stay up on all legislation that affect them as a rider.
I am grateful my money to support the AMA affects this sort of stuff.


UPDATED 04.15.14:
Driver Privacy Act bill amended to extend privacy protection for data collected by devices installed on all motor vehicles, including motorcycles. AMA has details here.

[budman]

As a constituent, a motorcyclist, a member of two California State Motorcycle safety groups ( CA Mission 12 and the CMSP Advisory Committee) as well a member of the American Motorcyclist Association, I respectfully urge you to include privacy provisions to S. 1925, the Driver Privacy Act, that would protect motorcyclists’ rights by specifically including motorcycles as a protected vehicle class.

As currently written, S. 1925 only provides protections to vehicles that are included in CFR 49, section 563. This section does not regulate motorcycles.

As a result, the privacy protections offered to passenger motor vehicles will not extend to motorcyclists. In fact, all information collected from event data recorders on motorcycles would remain unprotected.

Please do not allow this bill to pass without protecting equally all those who drive or ride on our nation’s roads.

Once again, I urge you to include language in S. 1925 that would protect motorcyclists’ rights.
Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Dennis ....

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I URGE You to right as well.

here is the easy way... thanks to the AMA
Contact your Senator here!

[Cincinnatus]

Done!!

[Albal0ney]

done

[Xevuhtess7]

Sent, thanks for bringing this to our attention!

[auditude]

Dunn!

[DocWong]

Done! Let us know if there's anything else we can do!

Thanks for watching our backs! ;-)

[Dirtbandit]

Done

[1962siia]

Done! Thx.

[budman]

Right on guys

[davbib]

Done

[veefereefer]

Done.

[Skarthi]

Done

[Tydive]

Sent, thank you Surj & Dennis for leading the way.

[tonedeaf]

Done, thanks Bud