Going threw Gorgia on the WAy to Daytona

Took the tag off my neighbors old car.

Fount another email from Dan concerning them Checkpoints...

Hello A.B.A.T.E. Family, As we get ready for Bike week and the impending check points A.B.A.T.E. wants to provide every resource to riders who live in or cross our great state. So here they are! SMARTPHONE users: email: secretary@abatega.org if you roll up on a checkpoint, please let us know the location and who you are. ALL CELL PHONE users: TEXT us at (404) 981-5612 with the letters "CP" at the beginning of your text message followed by your location and name(so we can match it to your phone number to verify who you are). We will in turn log your message then post TO OUR FACEBOOK the locate of your check point. CAMERA PHONE and CAMERA users: Capture any footage you can and (PICTURES AND VIDEO!) email us, we will provide you an upload location if your file is too large to email otherwise please send it to secretary@abatega.org As we enable additional resources everyone we will post them to our facebook page. -- Ned Williams Secretary of State, A.B.A.T.E. of Georgia

Ride Safe,
Crank

This still needs to go way up the chain of comand to see who is pulling this.
If it made the TV news in Georgia and everywhere else you could learn more a lot faster. Somebody is gonna have to defend themselves.
So somebody should be callin the news stations askin them to answer this question on profiling.

Thanks fer the TV idea, I hadn`t thought of it...

If'n ya git the TV people to wondering WHY they are Spending the Money , And were broke. Nobody, but Nobody can git results and other people to askin questions like th TV folks.
Those people will git more answers and put it on TV than you could ask for.
Most TV people has folks that do reporting Investigating . They are like sickin a blood hound on somebody.

Georgia State Justifies Motorcycle Checkpoints (Locations Disclosed)
Published by Cyril Huze March 3rd, 2011 in Editorial and Events.

The Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) has received a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to collect data over the next two years to improve motorcycle safety. The $70,000 grant will be used to conduct six, one-day safety checkpoints between March 1 of this year and December 31, 2012.

Lt. Colonel Mark McDonough, DPS Deputy Commissioner, said that Georgia saw a sharp increase in the number of fatal crashes involving motorcyclists between 2005 and 2008 as the number of motorcycles registered in the state reached an all-time high. There were 167 motorcycle operators or passengers killed in crashes in 2008. He said Georgia State Patrol launched specialized patrols that included aviation support during the summer months when weekend motorcycle traffic is the heaviest. The enforcement effort along metro Atlanta interstates is focused on motorcycle operators traveling at a high rate of speed, weaving in and out of traffic, traveling in the emergency lane, or driving recklessly around other vehicles.

“The first step in reducing motorcycle deaths was the educating of all drivers of the dangers motorcyclists face on our roads, and now the next step will combine enforcement and education to enhance the safety of motorcycle operators and passengers,” he said. “We will be checking to make sure the operator has the proper class of license to operate a motorcycle and a DOT-approved helmet. We will also check that the motorcycle is in good operating condition with good tires, a headlight, and a taillight that is working.” The Lt. Colonel said troopers will be concentrating on the basic violations to protect the operator and passenger in the event of a crash and minimize the injuries they sustain.

The first safety checkpoints of 2011 will be conducted Wednesday, March 9 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. along Interstate 75 at the Southbound Commercial Vehicle Inspection Station in Monroe County. During the same time period, another checkpoint will be established at the Southbound Commercial Vehicle Inspection Station along I-95 in Chatham County, north of Savannah.

Lt. Colonel McDonough said the checkpoints will operate in the same manner as passenger vehicle safety checks conducted each day across the state. Motorcycle operators will be directed by portable highway signs to exit the interstate at the inspection stations where troopers or officers will check that the operator has the proper class of license for the vehicle, a valid tag, a federal DOT-approved motorcycle helmet, and that the operator is not under the influence of alcohol. “For the average operator with the proper license and equipment, the delay should be about a minute,” he said. Additional safety checks will be held in the spring and fall this year. (source Rome News, GA)
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A "Call To Action" has been put out by AMA and US Defenders to send letters for the support of this bill.
Bill introduced to prohibit funding discriminatory motorcycle-only checkpoints

US Defenders,

We stand in solidarity together with the AMA,TMRA2,MRF, ABATE, MMA and all citizen motorcyclists in the United States against the Un-Constitutional use of motorcycle only checkpoints being implemented in Georgia ! Coming to your State soon?

Please use the press release below from the AMA to write your State Senators and Representatives in your State to solicit their support against grant money being used by the Federal Government to induce other States to participate in this tyranny!

As you know we have voiced our disapproval recently with this, our work is not finished by any means, it has just begun!

Please note the Link entitled "TAKE ACTION"....Located to the right of the Bolded Title....Bill Intorduced To Prohibit Funding Discriminatory Motorcycle-Only Checkpoints.... Click on this link and you will be taken to a Alert Update page.....Click on the update link and you will be asked for your Zip code.....Enter your Zip and a e-mail will be generated to your Legislator asking them to support the bill by Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner's that will prohibit funding for motorcycle only checkpoints.

Bill introduced to prohibit funding discriminatory motorcycle-only checkpoints Take Action!
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Urge your Representative to support today!