Post by pavel on Feb 26, 2016 5:42:51 GMT -6
SANTA FE – National consumer advocates – including a federal official who once served in the New Mexico Legislature – are urging Gov. Susana Martinez to veto legislation that would allow off-highway vehicles on paved roadways.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Joseph Mohorovic told Martinez in a letter this week that off-highway vehicles are “intrinsically unsafe” on paved roads and that the state should not enable “an inherently dangerous choice.”
The Consumer Federation of America and the trade associations representing all-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles also urged Martinez to veto Senate Bill 270.
Mohorovic told the Journal on Tuesday that the unusual alliance of a Consumer Product Safety Commission official, consumer groups, and industry groups opposed to the legislation “is a sign of just how bad this idea is.”
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/729144/news/veto-urged-for-bill-to-let-offroad-vehicles-use-paved-roadways.html
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Joseph Mohorovic told Martinez in a letter this week that off-highway vehicles are “intrinsically unsafe” on paved roads and that the state should not enable “an inherently dangerous choice.”
The Consumer Federation of America and the trade associations representing all-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles also urged Martinez to veto Senate Bill 270.
Mohorovic told the Journal on Tuesday that the unusual alliance of a Consumer Product Safety Commission official, consumer groups, and industry groups opposed to the legislation “is a sign of just how bad this idea is.”
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/729144/news/veto-urged-for-bill-to-let-offroad-vehicles-use-paved-roadways.html