BNN: Va. bill would ban motorcycles-only checkpoints: Biker News Network, Out Run By No One,1%er,Outlaw

BY: Bill Sizemore
Source: hamptonroads.com

Virginia - Motorcycle riders sometimes draw special attention from the law enforcement community, and they're fighting back.

Last spring, for instance, in connection with the annual Virginia Beach Bike Classic, city police set up a motorcycles-only checkpoint that resulted in some riders being ticketed for such offenses as wearing improper helmets, according to Matt Danielson, counsel to the Virginia Coalition of Motorcyclists.

Arlington County police conducted a similar operation last year targeting the annual Rolling Thunder ride to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, Danielson said.

It may not happen again.

Legislation moving through the Virginia House of Delegates at the bikers' behest would make motorcycles-only checkpoints illegal. The measure, HB187, submitted by Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah County, was approved unanimously this morning by a House subcommittee.

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