Scott Schloegel (MIC/MSF), Michelle Atwell (NHTSA), Secretary Pete Buttigieg
Well actually Acting President and CEO of the Motorcycle Industry Council and the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, Scott Schloegel has been the industry's man inside the beltway for a decade. However, he is now going to be sharing his 40 years of motorcycle industry knowledge with the Fed. Secretary Pete Buttigieg of the U.S. Department of Transportation has appointed Schloegel to the Motorcycle Advisory Council. "Honored to be appointed to the Motorcyclist Advisory Council by DOT Secretary Buttigieg," says Schloegel. "I look forward to working with others on the MAC to improve on-road motorcycle safety."
“Your work representing the views of a national motorcycle manufacturing association will greatly benefit MAC and the Department’s efforts to prevent injuries and fatalities involving motorcyclists on the nation’s highways,” states U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. “Your experience and leadership will add valuable insights and perspectives that will help further MAC’s mission.”
The MAC will advise the Secretary of Transportation and administrators of National Highway Traffic Safety and the Federal Highway Administration on a broad range of issues affecting motorcycle and motorcyclist safety – from road and barrier design, construction, maintenance practices and the architecture of intelligent transportation system technologies.
“We motorcyclists face challenges every day on the roadways ranging from crumbling infrastructure, to outdated highway designs, to inattentive road users who don’t think to look out for motorcyclists when making lane changes and turns,” explains Schloegel. “With so much innovation and evolution in the transportation arena, it is more important than ever to ensure riders and the powersports industry are well represented with the people who are planning highway improvements, approving budgets, crafting regulations and implementing policies. I’m honored to be appointed to this Council and am excited to begin this important work.”
Schloegel has nearly 40 years of on-road experience (with another decade off-road) and will represent the viewpoints of motorcycle manufacturers. Others appointed to the MAC included: Sunshine Beer and Jay Jackson to represent motorcyclist associations; Roberta Carlson, Manjunathan Kumar, James Andrew Landini, Rita Jean Lybek and Ray Pierce to represent state governments; Roy Fair and Chanyoung Lee to represent road safety data and engineering professionals; Kevin Marshia to represent state transportation officials; Eric Perry to represent traffic safety systems professionals.
“The MIC and MSF Government Relations team held numerous meetings with NHTSA staff and members of Congress to call on the DOT to reconstitute the MAC. I reiterated this request in my meeting with Secretary Buttigieg two years ago and he agreed there is important work we can do together to help save lives and improve motorcycle safety,” concludes.
