We contacted his office by phone this date and affirmed that the comments have in fact been left by Rep. Lopez-Cantera. We spoke to a aide in his office and not the representative personally.
Rather than take a chance that the representative may feel that his comments were sufficient to placate the "Biker" community and not call us back, we took the opportunity to offer an alternative option re vertical license plates that his aide said he would communicate to the representative.
Our suggestion:
Rather than lower the fines relating to vertical tags under which the vertical tag would remain an offense resulting in cause to be pulled over and ticketed, would it not be possible to treat vertical tags in the same manner as a "specialty plate" as is done on many other vehicles.Add to Technorati Favorites
For a nominal fee (and here we did mention that the fee should be low enough as not to constitute a penalty in and of itself and that considering the set aside monies for motorcycle issues that have been used by the state for causes other than motorcycling the fee's should be kept low enough as to not be prohibitive) an individual can apply for a specialty vertical tag with the numbers/letters printed vertically so as to be meet the criteria of being readable.
Although I did mention this I can see the state arguing the cost of retooling. But hey, if ya make a mistake the cost of setting it straight should not be an issue.
Further we did note that we had other issues of concern re: 137 and would be happy to discuss them with the representative.
Remember, this bill passed into law because the Florida Biker population sat on their ass. It is rare that you get a second chance. I would suggest it not be wasted.
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