When a motorcycle passes me on my bicycle I choke on exhaust fumes. It’s much worse when a gang of motorcycles pass.
The average motorcycle emits 10 times the pollution of a typical passenger car (Los Angeles Times, Sept. 16, 2021). On a per-pound basis a motorcycle emits 50 times the pollution of a passenger car. In light of our air pollution situation, it is well past time to require street legal motorcycles registered along the Wasatch Front create no more pollution than a passenger car.
FYI, biker dudes, a loud bike doesn’t make you cool, it makes you a self-absorbed jerk. Is this who you want to be?
Douglas Rush, Millcreek
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