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Tiered licensing sounds good because so few of us understand it's purpose. First...never ever done to protect anyone but the State. Here's how it works: the State endorses the operation of MC's by individuals who have met State requirements for said operation...therefore..the State can be argued as having some responsibility for those endorsed as MC drivers..
OK...MC driver gets in accident, has no insurance or not enough insurance to cover loss. Some body has to get paid...somebody has to sue somebody and the lawyers turn to the State....becuz...after all...it was the State who let them on the road in the first place.
The State doesnt like this but cant just revoke all MC licenses...cuz they need to get re-elected but they can make it more difficult to become a MC operator.....enter Tiered Licensing. And when even that is not enough, they can make the tiers so diffcult or expensive to meet that, in effect, they put an end to MC licensing and those pesky lil' lawsuits.
It's not about protecting the puiblic...it's about protecting the State from lawsuits....IMHO
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