The Virginia Coalition of Motorcyclists and Tom McGrath’s Motorcycle Law Group would like to invite all interested motorcyclists to attend this year’s Motorcycle Lobby Day. This year it will be held on Monday January 18, 2016. This is a holiday, so many people are off. That morning Virginia Coalition of Motorcyclists lobbyists, as well as Learn More

My office has received numerous emails and telephone calls in recent weeks concerning a rumor spreading through the motorcycling community that it is now legal in Virginia to operate your motorcycle on the shoulder of the highway when traffic is heavy or stopped. I am sending this email in order to correct this misunderstanding. It Learn More

My good friend and longtime member of the Virginia Coalition of Motorcyclists passed the below message on to me and suggested that I put it out to this list. I know that this time of year the roads can be treacherous to motorcyclists due to the potholes that pop up all over the state. Thanks Learn More

Many groups which are considered reputable within the highway safety community have taken the position that motorcycle rider training and education contributes little to motorcycle safety.  No you did not read that wrong.  It is their position that rider education does not have a discernable impact on motorcycle safety, and that universal helmet laws are Learn More

HB 1700 was heard in sub-committee this morning.  The bill, as of this morning, did two things.  It allowed motorcyclists to add LED type auxiliary lights to their motorcycles in order to increase visibility.  It also eliminated the five second limitation on the amount of time that a motorcycle brake light may modulate. For several Learn More

SB 836 came out of the Senate Transportation Committee yesterday on a 14-1 vote. Senator Ralph Smith from Roanoke was the only no vote. Unfortunately the committee rejected our substitute language, fearing that our language was too broad.  Our language would have simply allowed a rider to stand on the foot rests so long as Learn More

This year’s Virginia Motorcycle Lobby Day was another success.  We had an unofficial count of 110 motorcyclists who came to the Sunday informational session where we discussed this year’s legislation that affects Virginia motorcyclists.  The next day we spoke to our legislators at the General Assembly Building about the legislation.  I have already received feedback Learn More

The Virginia Coalition of Motorcyclists (VCOM) is pleased to announce that our bill to allow auxiliary lighting on motorcycles has been filed and officially has a bill number.  It is House Bill 1700 (HB1700).  The bill also eliminates the five second limit on the time that a motorcycle brake light may modulate.  You may follow Learn More

As many of you know, VCOM’s own Jim Cannon is stepping into the political arena and running for the open seat in 63rd District of the Virginia House of Delegates.  This would not only give us another motorcycle friendly legislator in Virginia, it would give us another actual rider. Last week speaker Howell set the Learn More

As the unveiling of the newest HOV/HOT lanes in Northern Virginia has drawn closer, there has been much consternation among motorcyclists about whether the Commonwealth is going to require motorcycles to be equipped with an E-Z Pass transponder in order to use the lanes. On these HOV/HOT express lanes, E-Z Pass transponders automatically deduct tolls Learn More