The best deal in California is the California Vehicle Code book. This
is a taxpayer subsidised book and is probably worth over $40.00
You can walk into the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and buy
one for $9.00
I bought one of the leftover 2003 books in 2006 and they only
charged $3.00
Getting a Code book is a good first step in knowing with certainty if
you are following the law or violating the law; and making the police
follow the law. You can get it free online, but you can't take the
online code with you on the bike to show the officer or a friend what
is in the book.
is a taxpayer subsidised book and is probably worth over $40.00
You can walk into the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and buy
one for $9.00
I bought one of the leftover 2003 books in 2006 and they only
charged $3.00
Getting a Code book is a good first step in knowing with certainty if
you are following the law or violating the law; and making the police
follow the law. You can get it free online, but you can't take the
online code with you on the bike to show the officer or a friend what
is in the book.
To Richard Quigley,
from BOLT Founder Tony Sanfelipo, December 2006
My first recollection of Quigley is when he called me to inquire about my article that appeared
in Riders X-change Magazine in Florida in 1991. He liked the title, Where is ABATE, and he
liked the content even more. Quig was going through some painful withdrawal symptoms from
the biker’s rights community. It seemed his theory on how to fight mandatory dress codes
differed from the movement at the time. He liked some of the historical references in my
article about civil disobedience and confrontation.
Quig’s been a fighter all of his life. He’s been a BOLT person all of his life too. You can’t be
trained on how to do some of this stuff; it has to be embodied in your spirit, your makeup.
Cantankerous, moody, short fused….yeah; he’s all of that too. That’s what makes him
tick…intolerance for stupidity and a lack of compassion for bureaucratic blunder and
incompetence. Quig recognized long ago that he differed from most people fighting the helmet
law in that they were moderate in their approach. Never, ever accuse Quig of being a
moderate, in anything. Most bikers in California were satisfied with solely a legislative
approach, even if it took years to be effective. Most everyone agreed that the helmet law was
unwanted and a direct infringement on our rights. Those same people did not or could not
condone Quig’s direct action of disobedience of the law. Quig could understand why the police
and safety-crats felt this way, but he was astonished that fellow bikers criticized him and the
rights community counseled against such demonstrations. As Martin Luther King wrote in his
letter from Birmingham City Jail to his fellow clergymen, “Shallow understanding from people
of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.”
So was the frustration that Quig endured. Well meaning bikers, who just didn’t understand it
was proper and right to refuse to obey the helmet law.
Quigley knew that even though some bikers thought he was disrespectful of the law, and that
this disrespect would close some legislator’s doors, it was his very disobedience of an unjust
law that expressed the highest respect for the law. If legislators, bikers, law enforcement
agencies and the like couldn’t understand that, it was Quig’s task to take it to the institution
charged with understanding and interpreting the law. Thank God for Judge Barton.
Quig has come full circle and finally has the respect and understanding from most of the biker
community. He certainly has the respect of the court, and I would guess a few district
attorneys respect his intelligence also, although they probably won’t be inviting him out for
drinks or a few rounds of golf in the near future.
I love you Quig. You are all that there is to be in a freedom fighter. You’re right not to want to
be in the Hall of Fame, along with us mere mortals. You are so far above us. You’ve taught me
more in the last 10 years than I’ve learned in the 35 years I’ve been pretending to know what
I was doing. We are all pretenders in your shadow. Because unless we’ve invested our life
savings, abused our bodies into marathon sessions in front of a computer, suffered the
indignities and refusals from our peers, relinquished our pursuit of happiness for the pursuit of
justice, then all we were doing was pretending. There is a world of difference between right’s
activists and freedom fighters, and they should never be mistaken as the same. They are not!
You are my dear friend, my teacher, my brother; a true Freedom Fighter. God speed in your
quest for liberty and justice. And may all who come to know you, feel as I do about you. Your
name may not appear on some over-exalted list of patriots, nor on some plaque or certificate
at a national gathering of rights leaders. But there is a shrine to you in my heart, and it ignites
a fire in my soul that challenges me to be more like you everyday.
Happy Birthday Quig
Tony “Pan” Sanfelipo
Founder, BOLT
ABATE of Wisconsin
Sturgis Freedom Fighters Hall of Fame, 2002
from BOLT Founder Tony Sanfelipo, December 2006
My first recollection of Quigley is when he called me to inquire about my article that appeared
in Riders X-change Magazine in Florida in 1991. He liked the title, Where is ABATE, and he
liked the content even more. Quig was going through some painful withdrawal symptoms from
the biker’s rights community. It seemed his theory on how to fight mandatory dress codes
differed from the movement at the time. He liked some of the historical references in my
article about civil disobedience and confrontation.
Quig’s been a fighter all of his life. He’s been a BOLT person all of his life too. You can’t be
trained on how to do some of this stuff; it has to be embodied in your spirit, your makeup.
Cantankerous, moody, short fused….yeah; he’s all of that too. That’s what makes him
tick…intolerance for stupidity and a lack of compassion for bureaucratic blunder and
incompetence. Quig recognized long ago that he differed from most people fighting the helmet
law in that they were moderate in their approach. Never, ever accuse Quig of being a
moderate, in anything. Most bikers in California were satisfied with solely a legislative
approach, even if it took years to be effective. Most everyone agreed that the helmet law was
unwanted and a direct infringement on our rights. Those same people did not or could not
condone Quig’s direct action of disobedience of the law. Quig could understand why the police
and safety-crats felt this way, but he was astonished that fellow bikers criticized him and the
rights community counseled against such demonstrations. As Martin Luther King wrote in his
letter from Birmingham City Jail to his fellow clergymen, “Shallow understanding from people
of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.”
So was the frustration that Quig endured. Well meaning bikers, who just didn’t understand it
was proper and right to refuse to obey the helmet law.
Quigley knew that even though some bikers thought he was disrespectful of the law, and that
this disrespect would close some legislator’s doors, it was his very disobedience of an unjust
law that expressed the highest respect for the law. If legislators, bikers, law enforcement
agencies and the like couldn’t understand that, it was Quig’s task to take it to the institution
charged with understanding and interpreting the law. Thank God for Judge Barton.
Quig has come full circle and finally has the respect and understanding from most of the biker
community. He certainly has the respect of the court, and I would guess a few district
attorneys respect his intelligence also, although they probably won’t be inviting him out for
drinks or a few rounds of golf in the near future.
I love you Quig. You are all that there is to be in a freedom fighter. You’re right not to want to
be in the Hall of Fame, along with us mere mortals. You are so far above us. You’ve taught me
more in the last 10 years than I’ve learned in the 35 years I’ve been pretending to know what
I was doing. We are all pretenders in your shadow. Because unless we’ve invested our life
savings, abused our bodies into marathon sessions in front of a computer, suffered the
indignities and refusals from our peers, relinquished our pursuit of happiness for the pursuit of
justice, then all we were doing was pretending. There is a world of difference between right’s
activists and freedom fighters, and they should never be mistaken as the same. They are not!
You are my dear friend, my teacher, my brother; a true Freedom Fighter. God speed in your
quest for liberty and justice. And may all who come to know you, feel as I do about you. Your
name may not appear on some over-exalted list of patriots, nor on some plaque or certificate
at a national gathering of rights leaders. But there is a shrine to you in my heart, and it ignites
a fire in my soul that challenges me to be more like you everyday.
Happy Birthday Quig
Tony “Pan” Sanfelipo
Founder, BOLT
ABATE of Wisconsin
Sturgis Freedom Fighters Hall of Fame, 2002
Next Step? Learn To Protect Yourself:
B.O.L.T. of California Original site - Quigley's CalBOLT creation
GBNF
B.O.L.T. of Nevada
Helmet Law Defense League - Advanced site for Freedom minded riders.
The United States Freedom Fighter
Bikers Rights
Search for Code, court cases and decisions.
Findlaw
LexisOne
Supreme Court of the US
California Vehicle Code
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LexisOne
Supreme Court of the US
California Vehicle Code
updated
6-11-09
6-11-09
| BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE § 9884.7 (a) The director, where the automotive repair dealer cannot show there was a bona fide error, may refuse to validate, or may invalidate temporarily or permanently, the registration of an automotive repair dealer for any of the following acts or omissions related to the conduct of the business of the automotive repair dealer, which are done by the automotive repair dealer or any automotive technician, employee, partner, officer, or member of the automotive repair dealer. (1) Making or authorizing in any manner or by any means whatever any statement written or oral which is untrue or misleading, and which is known, or which by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, to be untrue or misleading. |
| CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS § 3372 False or Misleading Defined. In determining whether any advertisement, statement, or representation is false or misleading, it shall be considered in its entirety as it would be read or heard by persons to whom it is designed to appeal. An advertisement, statement, or representation shall be considered to be false or misleading if it tends to deceive the public or impose upon credulous or ignorant persons. NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 9882 and 9884.19, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 9884.7(1)(a) and (h), 9884.19 and 17500, Business and Professions Code. |
| OK. All that means, what? That means when you walk into any business in California that has a repair shop, and sells motorcycle safety helmets, ask them if they sell "DOT approved" helmets; if they say yes, the store has violated those laws. The store made a False and Misleading claim according to California law. Fraud. Making false or misleading statements. Helmet sellers have got to stop violating those laws, because they are perpetuating the hoax that the rogue law officers are using to violate the law and your rights. Selling helmets under false pretenses. You should not get a ticket for not wearing an approved helmet when approved helmets don't exist. And helmet salesmen should not be able to claim they sell approved helmets if approved helmets don't exist. The helmet sellers are helping to spread and prolong the problem the police are creating when police ticket you for wearing a helmet that doesn't meet the standard that only exists in the cop's imagination. Know of a California shop that claims to sell 'approved' helmets? File a complaint with the Department of Consumer Affairs. |
| BOLT of California |
| Understanding Head & Neck Trauma (Or, why helmets increase the danger!) By Tony Pan Sanfelipo |
Black's Law Dictionary.
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with while dealing with the legal system.
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“When they call the roll in the Senate, the senators do
not know whether to answer ‘present’ or ‘guilty’.”
—Theodore Roosevelt
not know whether to answer ‘present’ or ‘guilty’.”
—Theodore Roosevelt
DMV Announces New CA Laws for 2009
California Political Desk
January 06, 2009
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has announced the following new laws
that go into effect in 2009.
Temporary Operating Permits (AB2241/Saldana). This law restricts DMV from issuing
temporary operating permits to allow more time to obtain a smog certificate as part of the
registration renewal process. Under the law, extensions will cost $50 and are only allowed if
the vehicle has been tested at a smog station and failed. The extension can be for no more
than 60 days from the date registration is due. The $50 fee will be waived for owners
accepted into the Bureau of Automotive Repair Consumer Assistance Program (CAP).
Unlicensed Car Dealers (AB 2042/Fuentes). This new law allows law enforcement officers
to impound vehicles that are being sold by unlicensed dealers.
Counterfeit Clean Air Stickers (SB 1720/Lowenthal). This new law will make it a crime to
forge, counterfeit, or falsify a Clean Air Sticker. These stickers are currently issued by DMV
to certain low emission vehicles and permit vehicles with these stickers to be driven in the
HOV lane.
Text Messaging (SB 28/Simitian). This new law makes it an infraction to write, send, or
read text-based communication on an electronic wireless communication device, such as a
cell phone, while driving.
DUI Probation License Suspension (AB 1165 Maze). A change in the driving under the
influence (DUI) law creates a new authority for DMV to administratively suspend the driver´s
license for one year under a zero tolerance standard. The new law authorizes law
enforcement to issue a notice of suspension and impound the vehicle of a person who is
driving with a blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.01 percent or greater while on
court-ordered post-DUI probation.
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Fee (AB 2522/Arambula). In an effort
to fund programs to reduce vehicle emissions, vehicle owners who register their vehicles in
San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, and Tulare Counties and Valley
portions of Kern County will be assessed an air quality fee of $6.
New Special Interest Plate (SB 1455/Cogdill). A new "Gold Star Family" special interest
license will be available to family members of individuals killed in the line of duty while serving
in the Armed Forces during wartime or military operations.
Special License Plates (AB 190, Bass). This new law, when approved by local authorities,
allows veterans whose vehicles display plates honoring Pearl Harbor Survivors, Legion of
Valor recipients, former American Prisoners of War, Congressional Medal of Honor
recipients, or Purple Heart recipients to park their vehicles that weigh not more than 6,000
pounds gross weight, without charge, in any metered parking space.
Motorcycle Definition (AB 2272/Fuentes). This new law changes the definition of a
motorcycle, deleting the existing weight limitation of 1500 pounds. It also removes a separate
definition for electrically-powered vehicles. This change in law will also allow drivers of
fully-enclosed 3-wheeled motor vehicles to use the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes.
Ignition Interlock Devices (IID) (SB 1190, Oropeza). This new law reduces the BAC from
.20 percent to .15 percent or more at the time of arrest to trigger a requirement for the court
to give heightened consideration for the installation of an IID for a first-time offender
convicted of DUI of an alcoholic beverage.
Ignition Interlock Devices (SB 1388, Torlakson). Effective July 2009, this new law transfers
authority for the administration of mandatory IID programs from the state courts to the
Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). This law also authorizes the DMV to require any driver
convicted of driving with a suspended license due to a prior conviction for DUI to install an IID
in any vehicle that the offender owns or operates.
Fee Waiver Firefighting (AB 2060, Jefferies). This new law provides a vehicle fee waiver for
Indian Tribes that have entered into mutual aid agreements for their firefighting vehicles.
Nonrepairable Certificate (AB 2273, Fuentes). This law authorizes insurance companies
and salvage pools to request the DMV to issue a nonrepairable certificate, if they are unable
to obtain the properly endorsed certificate of ownership or other evidence of ownership
acceptable to the Department within 30 days following oral or written acceptance by the
owner of an offer of an amount in settlement of a total loss.
Vehicle Parking Fees (AB 2401, Karnette). This law prohibits the Department or a
processing agency from collecting outstanding parking fees and penalties from the
registered owner of a vehicle if that owner was not the registered owner, lessee, or person in
control of the vehicle when a parking citation was issued.
Recreational Vehicle Agreements (AB 2436, Emmerson). This law requires a written and
signed agreement between Recreation Vehicle Dealers and manufactures prior to selling
vehicles in California.
Online Voter Registration (SB 381, Calderon). This bill requires the Secretary of State to
obtain the digitized signatures from the DMV for verifying online voter registration.
www.californiachronicle.com/articles/view/87001
California Political Desk
January 06, 2009
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has announced the following new laws
that go into effect in 2009.
Temporary Operating Permits (AB2241/Saldana). This law restricts DMV from issuing
temporary operating permits to allow more time to obtain a smog certificate as part of the
registration renewal process. Under the law, extensions will cost $50 and are only allowed if
the vehicle has been tested at a smog station and failed. The extension can be for no more
than 60 days from the date registration is due. The $50 fee will be waived for owners
accepted into the Bureau of Automotive Repair Consumer Assistance Program (CAP).
Unlicensed Car Dealers (AB 2042/Fuentes). This new law allows law enforcement officers
to impound vehicles that are being sold by unlicensed dealers.
Counterfeit Clean Air Stickers (SB 1720/Lowenthal). This new law will make it a crime to
forge, counterfeit, or falsify a Clean Air Sticker. These stickers are currently issued by DMV
to certain low emission vehicles and permit vehicles with these stickers to be driven in the
HOV lane.
Text Messaging (SB 28/Simitian). This new law makes it an infraction to write, send, or
read text-based communication on an electronic wireless communication device, such as a
cell phone, while driving.
DUI Probation License Suspension (AB 1165 Maze). A change in the driving under the
influence (DUI) law creates a new authority for DMV to administratively suspend the driver´s
license for one year under a zero tolerance standard. The new law authorizes law
enforcement to issue a notice of suspension and impound the vehicle of a person who is
driving with a blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.01 percent or greater while on
court-ordered post-DUI probation.
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Fee (AB 2522/Arambula). In an effort
to fund programs to reduce vehicle emissions, vehicle owners who register their vehicles in
San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, and Tulare Counties and Valley
portions of Kern County will be assessed an air quality fee of $6.
New Special Interest Plate (SB 1455/Cogdill). A new "Gold Star Family" special interest
license will be available to family members of individuals killed in the line of duty while serving
in the Armed Forces during wartime or military operations.
Special License Plates (AB 190, Bass). This new law, when approved by local authorities,
allows veterans whose vehicles display plates honoring Pearl Harbor Survivors, Legion of
Valor recipients, former American Prisoners of War, Congressional Medal of Honor
recipients, or Purple Heart recipients to park their vehicles that weigh not more than 6,000
pounds gross weight, without charge, in any metered parking space.
Motorcycle Definition (AB 2272/Fuentes). This new law changes the definition of a
motorcycle, deleting the existing weight limitation of 1500 pounds. It also removes a separate
definition for electrically-powered vehicles. This change in law will also allow drivers of
fully-enclosed 3-wheeled motor vehicles to use the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes.
Ignition Interlock Devices (IID) (SB 1190, Oropeza). This new law reduces the BAC from
.20 percent to .15 percent or more at the time of arrest to trigger a requirement for the court
to give heightened consideration for the installation of an IID for a first-time offender
convicted of DUI of an alcoholic beverage.
Ignition Interlock Devices (SB 1388, Torlakson). Effective July 2009, this new law transfers
authority for the administration of mandatory IID programs from the state courts to the
Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). This law also authorizes the DMV to require any driver
convicted of driving with a suspended license due to a prior conviction for DUI to install an IID
in any vehicle that the offender owns or operates.
Fee Waiver Firefighting (AB 2060, Jefferies). This new law provides a vehicle fee waiver for
Indian Tribes that have entered into mutual aid agreements for their firefighting vehicles.
Nonrepairable Certificate (AB 2273, Fuentes). This law authorizes insurance companies
and salvage pools to request the DMV to issue a nonrepairable certificate, if they are unable
to obtain the properly endorsed certificate of ownership or other evidence of ownership
acceptable to the Department within 30 days following oral or written acceptance by the
owner of an offer of an amount in settlement of a total loss.
Vehicle Parking Fees (AB 2401, Karnette). This law prohibits the Department or a
processing agency from collecting outstanding parking fees and penalties from the
registered owner of a vehicle if that owner was not the registered owner, lessee, or person in
control of the vehicle when a parking citation was issued.
Recreational Vehicle Agreements (AB 2436, Emmerson). This law requires a written and
signed agreement between Recreation Vehicle Dealers and manufactures prior to selling
vehicles in California.
Online Voter Registration (SB 381, Calderon). This bill requires the Secretary of State to
obtain the digitized signatures from the DMV for verifying online voter registration.
www.californiachronicle.com/articles/view/87001
Legislation in California
"Now and then, despite our best efforts,
an innocent man is sent to the legislature."
an innocent man is sent to the legislature."
Find Legislation in the California State Assembly. |
| It is easier to keep bad laws from passing than it is to get rid of a bad law after it is enacted. Stay informed and stay involved. |
“What’s the job of the candidate in this world? The job of the candidate is to
raise the money to hire the consultants to do the focus groups to figure out the 30-
second answers to be memorized by the candidate. This is stunningly
dangerous.”
—Newt Gingrich
raise the money to hire the consultants to do the focus groups to figure out the 30-
second answers to be memorized by the candidate. This is stunningly
dangerous.”
—Newt Gingrich
| “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies.” —Groucho Marx |
Your actions can speak louder than the police officer's words.
Read what happens when you understand, memorize and use the
knowledge available on this website. Don Blanscet and Mark Temple
changed an entire Police department in 45 minutes.
The audio tape of the traffic stop is below in chronological order.
#1 begins with Temple arriving at the scene of the traffic stop.
Read what happens when you understand, memorize and use the
knowledge available on this website. Don Blanscet and Mark Temple
changed an entire Police department in 45 minutes.
The audio tape of the traffic stop is below in chronological order.
#1 begins with Temple arriving at the scene of the traffic stop.
The CHPD ticket
Don refused to give
back is here.
Don refused to give
back is here.
The letter Don
wrote to Sgt
McVay is here
wrote to Sgt
McVay is here
The apology and
new CHPD policy
statement is here.
new CHPD policy
statement is here.