Friends of Bikers of Lesser Tolerance - B.O.L.T.

B.O.L.T. member "weezy" who was falsely charged with a helmet violation in Las Vegas was found NOT GUILTY yesterday.

Yesterday was a continuance because the judge recognized that the cop didn't test the helmet, didn't know how to determine if a helmet is compliant or non-compliant, and the prosecutor could not even locate the applicable standards, so, rather than rule last month, the judge ordered a continuance in order to give the prosecution additional opportunity to prepare a better case.

weezy, who also successfully helped prepare the case which recently ended up in a dismissal of 56 helmet tickets for a Las Vegas motorcycle club, was on trial this time. He has all the details and more information, and might comment here later.

Those are the facts of the case as I know them. Here's my opinion, based on what I know of this case:

THE NEVADA HELMET LAW, AS WELL AS HELMET LAWS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHICH HAVE EMBEDDED INNOCUOUS STANDARDS SUCH AS REFERENCES TO US DOT STANDARDS OR NON-APPLICABLE FMVSS INTO THEM SHOULD ALL BE OVERTURNED AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AS WRITTEN, DUE TO VAGUENESS.

Rationale: If a highly trained prosecutor cannot even locate applicable standards, how can they expect ordinary people to? NO LIST, NO LAW.

This is clearly a violation of the 14th Amendment, and there should be insufficient grounds to stop motorists suspected of violating helmet laws, lest the law enforcement officer takes it upon himself/herself to violate the motorists 4th Amendment rights, in which case the officer should be subject to:

Title 18, U.S.C., Section 242
Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law

Since, it appears the FBI can claim jurisdiction to investigate, Nevada law enforcement would be well-advised for LEO's to stop enforcing NRS 486.231.