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May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
As proclaimed by Oregon's governor, "It is important that the citizens of our state should be aware of motorcycles on the highways and recognize the importance of sharing the roadway..." The proclamation also recognizes the achievements of Team Oregon in significantly reducing the number of motorcycle fatalities on our roads. (Full text here.)We should all take the opportunity to think a little bit about safe riding. Is your machine in top condition? How are those brakes? When did you last check the tire pressure? And what about the rider? If you've never taken a Team Oregon class, maybe now is the time to consider it. There are classes for beginners through advanced riders. Don't think because you may have been riding for years you have nothing left to learn. Plus, ABATE will pay for half the cost of the class if you are a member. (And some chapters will pay the other half.) You are also likely to get insurance discounts after passing.
But let's not stop there. There's another part of motorcycle awareness: we need to make our voices heard at the state capital. Our elected representatives will keep passing restrictive laws and ignoring our concerns unless they see us in numbers. May 3rd is the May Awareness Rally on the steps of the capital in Salem. If we ever want to get motorcycle friendly legislation passed, we ALL have to act. Be there at noon at the capital to show your support! If we don't band together, we have no one to blame but ourselves as we lose our rights one by one.
A.B.A.T.E. of Oregon, Inc.
promotes motorcycle awareness,
education, safety, and liberty
through community involvement
and legislative action.
The brand of bike you ride doesn't matter.
We are not a manufacturer-specific organization. All are welcome: bikes, trikes, on-road or off, riders, passengers, or non-riders.
You don't even have to ride a motorcycle to belong to A.B.A.T.E.
Many of our members just enjoy being around motorcyclists. (We're just that wonderful!) And they feel that the social and legislative issues we're working on are important in their community.
Many ABATE chapter meetings begin with the pledge of allegiance. All political viewpoints are represented by the men and women who are members of ABATE, but we share a belief in the American system and the solutions to problems can be found working within the system.
While most of our effort is spent supporting issues that are most important to motorcyclists, we believe that there are underlying issues that affect everybody who care about the freedom and liberty that has made our country great.
The motorcycle is both a recreational device and a practical and efficient mode of transportation. Our mission includes sharing our experience as motorcycle riders with our elected officials to assist them in creating the regulation that may be necessary to provide optimum safety and efficiency, for people who ride motorcycles, for those who get around by other means and the for general public.
Not only do we educate and inform our elected officials about issues important to motorcyclists, we are also eager to share our knowledge with others including law enforcement officials and the general public with whom we share the highway.
