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The Assistant Attorney General, John C. Cruden stated that Harley-Davidson was singled out due to the company's prominence in the industry, continuing, "Anyone else who manufactures, sells, or installs these types of illegal products should take heed of Harley-Davidson's corrective actions and immediately stop violating the law." The action requires the Motor Company to buy back all of the offending tuners in stock at its dealers and destroy them. Riders have long endured poorly designed traffic devices which fail to detect the smaller magnetic signature of a motorcycle compared to a car, and consequently find themselves stuck at red lights until an automobile happens by to trip the signal. Under the new law now the CHP is granted the task of concocting guidelines for safe lane filtering, which it had been prevented from doing after a lawsuit was filed questioning their legal authority to do so. Source: The Times of Pryor Creek Feds Put Brakes on Private Prisons While a tiny first step, The Justice Department has announced that they will begin phasing out the use of private prisons, acknowledging that they are less safe, don't provide adequate rehabilitation services, and don't even provide significant cost savings. Last year the biggest operator of private for profit prisons, Corrections Corporation of America generated $1.8 billion in revenues.
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