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DO you want to ride these?
This is Terry (Region 14) here.
Preaching from the been there,
done that, got the T-shirt,
sucks to be me, pulpit! Riding
weather is here and we want to
go but what do we want to ride?
YOU PICK! |
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Looking for
Awareness Articles
Send me your
thoughts, ideas,
suggestions. Submit
by July 1, 2008
either by snail mail
(please print
legibly), 3575 Oak
Grove Rd. Howell,
MI 48855) or by
e-mail (region14abate@yahoo.com).
Best article
submitted will be
published in August
Rider. The author
will receive a free
window decal. The
Winner will be
decided by Chuck,
Kathy and Terry.
All others may be
plagiarized and
published in future
issues.
Sticker: $15,
Airlift to
Hospital: over
$1000+, Riding your
scooter and arriving
home unharmed:
Priceless! |
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Or these?

Trust me it sucks sitting home,
mangled limbs propped up,
watching the world go by while
you just sit in pain. With the
awareness program we can help
stop the slaughter!
Think About It!, Terry |
MAY IS MOTORCYCLE AWARENESS MONTH!
Well folks, it’s
finally here! Riding season and motorcycle
awareness month. What have you done to
promote motorcycle awareness? Think about
it, what can you do, to help save your own
butt out there. I know I am a broken
record, but just one hour of your time could
make all the difference for your region and
your fellow motorcyclist out there. Maybe
help out with an awareness class, make a
phone call to someone you know who may be
able to get your instructors before an
audience (we will talk to just about anyone
folks, doesn’t just have to be drivers ED.
classes). Perhaps you could help make yard
signs to put up every May, we have done so 3
times now in Region 14 and anyone that shows
up to help gets to take one home to display
in May. Maybe you could help run a fund
raiser to help pay for a billboard if you
are in a region lucky enough to have
purchased one. Do you know someone who
works in broadcasting or with a local paper,
you could maybe get your awareness folks on
the air or have a reporter sit in on a class
and do a story about what we do. Get people
beyond the thought that we are the “Crazy
people who are against helmets and want to
splatter our brains on the pavement”, you
all know we are not. We want freedom of
choice and the whole helmet issue would be a
moot point if people quit running us down
and if those who are rusty, brush up on
their riding skills and ride straight so
they don’t have those single cycle
accidents.
Here in Region 14 a
member called one of the local papers and
talked to a reporter. He sat in on one of
our classes and is working on a story about
our awareness program. Should be out in the
next few weeks. As you are probably aware,
we have decals for sale for your vehicle.
We have many in our area and I have sent
them as far away as Nebraska (to an ABATE
member there who saw them in the Rider
magazine. he picked up at the meeting of the
minds) and Florida. Several of our members
have been stopped by folks wanting to know
where to get them, what a great idea (thanks
again Sara) and wanting to know if this is
an organized program. If you cannot afford
the $15 fee for these you can always talk to
your region’s
awareness director and get one of our bumper
stickers we use in the classes for free!
There is no excuse, it’s your behind, and do
you want to save it?????
I have a little challenge here, looking for
awareness articles. Send me your thoughts,
ideas, suggestions. Submit by July 1, 2008
either by snail mail (please print legibly)
or by e-mail. Best article submitted will
be published in August Rider and author will
receive a free window decal. Winner will be
decided by Chuck, Kathy and Terry. All
others may be plagiarized and published in
future issues.
Sticker: $15, Airlift to Hospital: over
$1000+, Riding your scooter and arriving
home unharmed: Priceless!
NOW WORK TOWARD THIS GOAL!
A little business
here: If you need supplies or start up kit,
contact Chuck Manning at (906) 884-2347 or
e-mail him at
cmanning@jamadots.com.
If your region is in urgent need of
something and you are in the Lower
Peninsula, contact Kathy at (517) 546-6608
or e-mail at
region14abate@yahoo.com.
Motorcycle Awareness Decals
If anyone is still interested
in the “Look Twice, Save a Life Motorcycles
are Everywhere” decals please let me know.
Cost is $15 each ($20 if mailed), I can get
different colors and they can be ordered for
the inside of a window if you wish. The size
is appox. 4” high by 23” long. It is big
enough to be seen yet small enough to not block
vision. It fits across the back window of my
Saturn Vue quite nicely and will fit on one back
window of a full size Chevy van. I will be
bringing some to the state seminar so if anyone
wants me to earmark some, please let me know by
December 10th as I will have to get my
order in. Kathy (517) 546-6608 or e-mail
region14abate@yahoo.com
 
A.B.A.T.E. of Michigan Inc.
P.O.Box 309
Milford, Michigan
48381-0309
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