I'm reminded of Jon Stewart's talk with Ezra Klein about how difficult the government made it to obtain Inflation Reduction Act funds for infrastructure projects. How it required townships to jump through 14 different hoops just to get to the point where they could conceivably begin getting those funds. And how after three years, none were dispersed.
Why am I talking about idiotic bureaucracies on RideApart? Because in the latest in a long string of idiotic moves, rather than just continuing to operate as normal with goings on going on in the background, New York state has halted all motorcycle safety classes.
Why, you might ask? Because, as of this writing, the contract for parties to operate these motorcycle safety schools hasn't yet been ratified, though for the last 15 years, training materials have been produced, and the schools have been operated in conjunction with the Motorcycle Safety Foundation. Apparently, however, there's another interested party that wants the contract, and it's been two months since the supposed deadline by which the contract was meant to be ratified.
