New Law for Motorcycles

The Maine Legislature, in its infinite wisdom, has enacted a law which becomes effective today, January 1, 2012, requiring motorcycles to attach an inspection sticker to the mounting plate or on the rear fender or similar frame or body part of the motorcycle.


In my opinion this is an expample of government overreaching to fix a problem which does not exist.  The existing law, which required that the certificate of inspection be kept with the vehicle registration, was working without any known problems.  Apparently the sponsors of this new law thought that there might be some bikes around which did not have the required inspection and that they might have gone unnoticed.  The problem is only hypothetical and has no basis in reality.  Where is the evidence that uninspected motorcycles have caused accidents or pose a hazard on the roads and highways of the state?


As a matter of fact I have for a long time considered the whole motor vehicle inspection law in Maine to be a huge waste of resources.  I spend quite a bit of time in the State of Florida where there is no requirement for cars to be inspected, and there seems to be no problem there with dangerous vehicles on the roads.  My vote would be to do away with the inspection program altogether with the possible exception of trucks and other heavy duty commercial vehicles.