Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

o FREE WHEELING 'eCha ·on5pa kPlug 10 cycle Classic atOnia io OcI.5,6 SPECIAL " WEEKENDER" TICKETS ARE GOOD FOR ALL THREE DAYS OF G ENERAL ADMISS ION! GARAGE PAS S, INFIELD CAMPING AND /OR PARKING. Regular Prices Practice & Qualifying Fri. Sat. General Admission Race Day General Ad mission Infield Camp ing and /or Par king Garage Pass . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOTAL $ $ $ $ $ 2 4 7 5 5 ALL FOR $122° OR RACE DAY TICKETS $6.00 IN ADVANCE $23 Almost as if the Gnomes of Washington read Chuck Clayton's "Writin' Around." co lumn, the Federal government has re-stated its total rejection of the "Righ t to Risk " concept. It 's all bu ri ed in an obscure passage of the Federal Register (Vol 39 , No . 71, April Vacationers! Available at all . Ticketron Outlets The Champion Spark Plug Motorcycle Classic Right to risk revisited Camping , hotel , and tourist information in and around the Los Ange les area is available from the Ontario Chamber of Commerce Call 714-984-2458 or Wr ite: Ontario Chamber of Com merce , 5 1 7 North Eucli d , Ontario, CA 91762 I = II /"R~e Day Gener~ Admission-$6.00 in advance, $7.00 at the track' II enclose 0 $ I 0 o I 0 . I Name I (Money Order or Certlfied Check) for the foll owing : Super Tick ets at$12.00 Race Day General Adm ission s at $6.00 Ju st send me fr ee rac e brochu re OnTARIO mOTOR I SPEED AT I MAI L TO: Trippe Cox Associates Inc., I SPEEDWAY BOX OFFICE, 390 1 East G. Street I Address \. Zip jM Fiskb4ck~ C". .- C"..~ CHAMPION Ontario, Calif. 91764 CN-l For information phone (714) 984-2255 - - - - ---------------- -------- -------------~. YAMAHA" MHr).\~\j). @ \ (n 4) 822-2252 ' 9008 Sierra Ave., Fontana, Ca. 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Com plete MX accessories available at TORSTEN HALLMAN RACING INC. 1490 Faven e St .• EI Cajo n, CA 9 2020 (714) 449 ·6712 730 Birginal Dr .• Bensonville, lit . 60 126 (312 ) 766·9232 JF====:::::::::::=========:::=;, Mik e Patric k's ~, ; YAMAHA of CORONA 1 10 1 E. 6th S t . - Corona (7 14) 7 35-7721 11,1974, pp. 13 156-131 5 7) as part ofa statement by the National Highw ay Traffic Safety Ad ministration on kickba cks to s ta tes th at enact compulsory seat bel t laws. Seal' bel t laws ? Yes, seat be lt laws fo r car dr ivers and passe ngers . What's more to t he poi n t , motorcycle helmet laws arc cite d as part of the justifi cation, which is something helmet law opponents have warned of all along. ("Let them do it to us because you don't ride a motorcycle, and they'll do it to you n ext. " ) The helmet law, just like we said, is the wedge for a whole new political shade in America. You will have to decide if America accepts o r rej ec ts it . How far has it gone? The NHTSA statement reads. in part : .,'" number of commentors objected . .. on constitutional grounds. They claimed, generally, without presenting an y argu m en ts based on case law, th at a State safety belt usc law would unconstitutionally : (1) limit their freedo m of cho ice : (2) invade their privacy; or (3) limit an asse rted right to risk their own life an d limb . " The statement goes o n to de vastate th ese argumen ts, poin t by po int. I say "devasta te " because, if yo u play by the government 's rules, free do m of choice, priv acy, an d r ight to risk sim ply do no t exis t as co nsti t utiona l rights in th e bo dy of law in t his co un try, as app lied to highway safety. Moreover, helmet laws, and th e legal wrangling o ver helmet laws, arc us ed no less th an si x times to "prove" this fact. T he .o t her intere sting bit in the Fed era l bri ef is th is bit of ho mily: ..Anot he r inde x of th e so un d ness o f State safety bel t legislatio n is t he numb er of co un tr ies with Western legal tradi tio ns th at have en acted or a re seriously consideri ng suc h legislation. " The list they give includes Great Brit ain , . Fra nce, We s t Germany , Ho lland, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Sweden , Australia, New Zealand, Isra el, and Czechos lovakia. T he fe ds are s tretching the def inition of "Western legal tradition" a bit far, since most of these countries arc socialist welfare states, an d one is a Co mm unist dictatorship in which libertarian refo rm was rec ently squelched with tanks and artillery. If your enthusiasm for motorcycling, or any other potentially haza rdous lifestyle. exceeds yo~.lf enthusiasm for the poli ce st ate, you are bet ween a rock and a _har d pla ce. The government is tell ing y ou in bla ck and white that you have used up all legal means of recourse, that yo ur rights no longer exist, th at you must choose, o nce and ' for al l, to knuckle under o r revolt. So mu ch for the right to risk, if yo u play by the government's rules. That 's sad . be cause a si zeable n umber of u s do 'believe in that right, and time is run ning ou t for effective co mpro mise. The only ho pe no w is tochange the rul es, and our own his to ry says th at it is no t o nly possible, b ut a part of OUT national chara cter to be ab le (0 do so . T he fra mers of the Declar ati on . of Indepe ndence asse rte d th a t human beings have ce r tai n in dividual righ t s, flying in the face of all legal convention tha t existed at lhat tim e. T hey went so far as to shed blood to bac k up tha t assertion, not be ca use they app ro ved of

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