2025 Off Road Issues
ABATE will continue to support & monitor the development of off-road parks in Illinois and protect the Off Highway Vehicle Trails Fund to help spur more recreational off-road trails.
We will oppose any mandates on protective equipment for Off Highway Vehicles, and any municipal bans on the operation of OHVs.
ABATE will support the development of rural off highway vehicle routes on a county by county basis as long as they are open to all off highway vehicles ( dirt bike, ATV, UTV ).
2025 Motorcycles / On Road Issues
Helmet Legislation - ABATE will continue to oppose helmet bills coming out of the capitol. House Rep. Daniel Didech will likely attempt to repeat his helmet bill again this coming year. From what Ski has heard, he supposedly likes the fight and thinks it's funny.
Motorcycle Training—IDOT and SIU have slow-walked the motorcycle safety course classes in the central region, with the northern region years away from being back up and running. ABATE is fully committed to revamping the program to train more students yearly and hopefully have more range locations. Something must change.
Right to Repair - ABATE will continue to fight companies to make repairing and modifying our vehicles more accessible.
Emissions - ABATE signed onto a letter with multiple other groups last year that was sent to the federal government and the state government opposing these regulations. Killing all of the California emission bills the previous year. However, the organizations behind them aren't done. The Sierra Club has petitioned the Illinois Pollution Control Board to force them into drafting rules that would implement California emissions standards on Illinois citizens. If they are successful, this would result in all motorcycles being sold after 2029 having to be electric. It would also prohibit older motorcycles from being able to be repaired because repair parts for those motorcycles are not "CARB-Compliant." Shovelheads, Evos, and even Twin Cam engines would not be able to get intake, fuel system parts, and exhaust replacements if the Sierra Club 1s were successful.
Autonomous Vehicles—ABATE will continue to advocate for making autonomous vehicles like Tesla safer or not allowed on the road at all. We'll continue to push something like REP. Dan Caulkin's bill from 2024 that amends the Illinois Vehicle Code provides that a person commits reckless driving when the person drives or operates any vehicle without physically being present in the vehicle.
Profiling - ABATE opposes anything like noise monitoring systems or no colors (MC vests) on buisnesses.