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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." |
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Training, education - not helmets - will save motorcyclists' lives You see, it's like this: If you stick a monkey on a motorcycle, without any skills, he's going to crash and die. But if you educate the monkey through motorcycle training and teach him how to ride, he'll live be happy and won't end up someone's hood ornament. Then you have the people who think that by dressing the monkey in brightly colored reflective clothes and adding a helmet, the monkey is now safe. |
| Website Improvement This website has significantly improved and reorganized the legislative information pages. You can now easily view current and past legislative updates, calls to action, as well as quickly find your district number, and legislators' addresses and phone numbers. Click here to enter the legislative information section. |
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to view a helmet law map of the US.
to view chart on total motorcycle registration information.
The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) is the best organization representing bikers nationwide on the federal level. ABATE of the Garden State encourages all bikers and supporters to join and support the MRF.
for information on joining the MRF.
for links to to other motorcycle rights websites.
(Courtesy of ABATE of SC)
Florida Economy Boosted by $3 Billion Since Repeal of Mandatory Helmet Law
This is almost three billion dollars in five years that has been put into the economy of the State of Florida , and this is a low figure as it doesn't include antique motorcycle or mopeds that are licensed differently in Florida . Over one hundred eighty million dollars in taxes went directly into the state treasury for the general fund. This does not include the tourist money that has increased because of Florida being a freedom of choice state. In the past five years over 3 billion dollars has been put into the economy in general from Bike Week and Biketoberfest.
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| June-July Newsletter The June-July issue of the ABATE newsletter is now available. There are many new articles and this issue is just loaded with information. Click here to download. |
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Rep. Joe Harrison, R-Napoleonville, Louisiana |
| Online Membership Membership in ABATE can now be paid for online using a credit card or PayPal. Click here to join ABATE or renew your membership. |
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| Do you know how a bill becomes law in New Jersey? Click here to see the steps neccesary to move from an idea to a law. |
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| NTSB calls for mandatory helmet laws in all states! Here is an agency that has just focused solely on helmets while totally ignoring cell phone use by auto drivers, cookie cutter guard rails on our highways, driver awareness, rider training, ignoring right of way violations, and other issues that could save far more lives than helmets. The NTSB website states that helmets should be required right at the top of their home page! Click here for the MRF response to this issue Click here for the AMA response to this issue Click here for Long Distance Rider response to this issue. Click here for Street Bikers United Hawaii thoughtful response to this issue. Click here to write the NTSB with your thoughts on this. The NTSB has no experience with motorcycles, has totally ignored them for over 4 decades. So whose agenda are they advancing? Now they make broad pronouncements on their safety that take away our freedom to make our own informed adult choices. The NTSB has investigated 124,000 airplane tragedies, 10,000 other surface transportation tragedies, but only 6 motorcycle tragedies in the last 40 years. They should stick to investigating airplane crashes.. |
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| Click here for the results of the ABATE survey where you voted on what our priorities should be. |
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| Have you ever had someone discuss motorcycle issues with and you find yourself at a loss of what to say? Click here for talking points to use to bolster your arguments for motorcycle rights. |
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"There’s more head injuries for bicycle riders, snow skiers, water skiers, skateboard riders, gymnasts and cheer leaders than there are for motorcycle riders, should we have the state indemnify all of them?"Click here for US motorcycle registration figures.
Source: US Department of Transportation, 2004 figures.
NJMA has legally registered to start using the name, American Bikers Advocating Training and Education. We will be using A.B.A.T.E. of the Garden State. ABATE / NJMA plans to increase our presence, broaden our scope in New Jersey and align our state with the 38 other states with ABATE organizations. We welcome all New Jersey motorcycle Rights Organizations (MROs) and riding clubs to join us and encourage motorcycle rights minded riders to form new chapters throughout the state.
To enhance and protect the motorcyclist riding rights in New Jersey. To enhance the common good and general welfare of New Jersey ’s motorcycling community by promoting education, awareness, safety concerns and to foster a general understanding by motorcyclist and motorist alike. To make our voices heard on legislation affecting riders in New Jersey on a local, state and national level by creating a united community of motorcyclists connected through our organization. Furthermore, we address any legislation concerning motorcyclists locally, statewide or nationally. Finally, we will engage in charitable activities benefiting our organization, the motorcycle community and society at large.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead
We too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We, and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(1882 - 1945),
32nd President of the United States
Bikers are losing a helmet law poll in the Philadelphia Inquirer The last count was 532 to 80.
Bikers do not lose polls because we value freedom! Click here to enter your thoughts on this poll. |
Compensation Fixed in Rep. Janklow Motorcycle Accident Death Relatives of a man killed in a motorcycle accident that involved former representative Bill Janklow, have settled their wrongful death lawsuit for $1 million. The jurors at his motorcycle accident trial were not made aware of his record of reckless driving. This was a respected public figure who had a total of 20 speeding violations to his credit. He had also been involved in three previous accidents before the one that killed Scott. Janklow's predilection for speed, fast cars and motorcycles was well known in the state, but jurors didn't hear of it at the trial, although his bad driving record was splashed all over the media. This was a man who was completely unapologetic about his speeding, and bragged about it once during a speech to the state legislature, saying he loved speeding and when it got him a ticket, he paid it. Because Janklow was on official duty at the time of the motorcycle accident, he was spared any personal liability, which was instead ascribed to the government.I don't know about you, but this sort of settlement just makes my blood boil. The taxpayers paid for his reckless behavior, a motorcyclists is dead and he is back in business like nothing ever happened. What happened to personal responsibility? This is America isn't it? |
Soaring Gas Prices Kick-Start Run On Motorcycles More people are signing up to take motorcycle safety classes amid rising gas prices, which is creating a backup for those hoping to save a little extra cash. The face of the new commuter is neck tie in the wind and "have back pack, will travel." The wait for the riding test for motorcycles at the Department of Public Safety can take up to two months, which has the state guiding people to private courses to keep up with the demand for motorcycle licenses. At the Motorcycle Training Center, the wait list could take up to a month as soaring fuel prices have helped kick start a run on motorcycles.Video: |
Police seek information on motorcycle accident |
Helmet zeal kindles crusade to cook figures Simple math and logic become less simple if somebody is desperate to push an agenda. Latter-day puritans do not easily tolerate freedom in others, and they cannot stand the idea of adults being allowed to decide for themselves what sort of risks they want to take. Nothing shoves the image of freedom in the puritans' faces more painfully than a motorcyclist without a helmet. It's enough to tempt a puritan to cook statistics on motorcycle accident death rates just to whip up extra hysteria. |
Stage Road in Pine Barrens is a traffic hazard  There's a stretch of "no man's land" called Stage Road in the South Jersey Pinelands. It extends from Chatsworth Rd. [CR 679] in a generally southeasterly direction to NJ Rt. 9. Apparently the State, County and local governments are engaged in an ongoing dispute in which each disavows responsibility for maintenance of the road surface. Between the Bass River Ranger Station and the GS Parkway it's really bad. That's where I hit a pothole which caused a bent rear rim and flat tire. [There may be additional, as yet undiscovered damage.] It is, in fact, so bad that there is a sign posted advising "Caution: Hazardous Road Conditions." Unfortunately, it was right in front of me when I came to a stop AFTER the incident, not soon enough to have done any good. |
Oakland PD's Harleys have a new roar Over in Oakland, California they like it loud - so loud that all 45 of the Police Department's Harley-Davidson motorcycles have been equipped with shiny new tailpipes, at a cost of $500 apiece, to rev up their roar. It seems the cops just didn't feel safe on toned-down bikes. "There's an old motorcycle adage that you are heard before you are seen," said Deputy Chief Dave Kozicki, explaining the department's decision to toss the bikes' muted factory-issued mufflers in favor of the more high-volume pipes. |
N.H. leaders focus on motorcycle safety, not helmets In these parts, many people think education — not mandatory helmets — will save lives. That education is focused on public awareness and motorcyclist training, said Peter Thomson, head of the New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency. The information blitz urges the public to share road space with motorcycles, and riders and drivers to be aware of each other. New Hampshire champions the rights of individuals to choose for themselves. St. Clair, Thomson, and Sen. Robert Letourneau, R-Derry, are among those who support an adult's right to choose whether to wear a helmet. |
ABATE announces formation of the new District 9 ABATE continues to grow and is now announcing
the first opportunity for our members in
District 9 to gather. Meetings will be
held at 7:30PM on the 3rd Wednesday
each month at:Calloways Restaurant & Bar, 597 Route 9 Stanfordville, NJ 08092 609-978-0220 For more information contact Joe Yodice at 609-296-3309 or gsabatedistrict9@ gmail.comgsabatedistrict9@gmail.com District 9 includes the following towns: Barnegat Light Borough, Barnegat Township, Bass River Township, Beach Haven Borough, Beachwood Borough, Berkeley Township, Eagleswood Township, Folsom Borough, Hammonton Town, Harvey Cedars Borough, Lacey Township, Lakehurst Borough, Little Egg Harbor Township, Long Beach Township, Manchester Township, Ocean Gate Borough, Ocean Township, Pine Beach Borough, Ship Bottom Borough, Stafford Township, Surf City Borough, Tuckerton Borough, Washington Township |
Granholm to veto bill to repeal biker helmet law Another attempt by lawmakers to end Michigan's requirement for motorcycle riders to wear protective helmets is certain to draw a veto from Gov. Jennifer Granholm. "The governor favors the current (helmet) law," said press secretary Liz Boyd, following Wednesday's passage of a proposal to partially do away with Michigan's mandate. A major organization of cyclists, American Bikers Aimed Toward Education (ABATE), for years has pushed for the repeal of the state helmet law. Hundreds of ABATE members rallied outside the state Capitol on Wednesday in support of the bill.This bill passed the legislature overwhelmingly. It is a shame that one person can force her beliefs into law and ignore the voice of the people. An example of government at its worst when it acts as a nanny to all people. I wonder what she is doing about alcohol and tobacco since they kill far more people that motorcycle accidents. |
Rob Andrews loses in bid to unseat Lautenberg Tom Gordon |
Towns across NJ participate in ABATE's May Awareness Campaign The May Awareness campaign launched by ABATE and underwritten by Rider Insurance and Rider Ed of New Jersey was a great success. We had towns from across the entire state participating in this effort by hanging our "Look Twice, Save a Life" banners in prominent locations. Many towns or municipalties passed their own Motorcycle Awareness Resolutions in support of this effort. This was done to help make the roads safer for all motorists. There is no way we will ever know how many were saved by this effort, but if only 1 life was saved, it was worth it.
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 The results of May Motorcycle Awareness across the state |
NEPTUNE: Police are asking for the public's help in their search for witnesses to Saturday's fatal motorcycle crash on Route 35. Around 10:50 a.m. Saturday, Andre McKelvia, 19, Sixth Avenue in Neptune, was driving a 2008 Suzuki motorcycle north on the highway when it collided with a southbound 1998 GMC wagon, driven by Thomas Peterson, 54, of Toms River, authorities said.
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