ABATE of New
York Aims and Purposes
A. To review and inform our
members about federal, state, and local levels of government motorcycle
legislation and to promote favorable motorcycle legislation regarding the
following:
- Insurance
- Licensing
- Modifications
- Bans
- Restrictions
- Emissions
- Noise levels
B. To improve road condition thus
making roads safer for motorcyclists.
- Alerting the D.O.T. of
dangerous roadway conditions.
C. To help prevent accidents
through education.
- Promote motorcycle
awareness programs for all motorists.
- Promote rider education
course for motorcyclists.
- To work towards insurance
reductions though motorcycle rider education and lower motorcycle
accidents.
D. To promote positive community
relations.
- Active participation in
activities benefiting the common welfare of the community.
- Active participation in
events sponsored by/for charitable organizations.
E. To promote political involvement
of motorcyclists.
- Informing members how
elected or appointed government representatives voted on legislation
affecting motorcyclists.
- Encouraging members to
register and vote.
- Encouraging qualified
members to run for public office.
- Encouraging members to
write their representatives at federal, state, and local levels, on
all issues concerning motorcycles: Favorable or Unfavorable.
- Attending motorcycle events
and distributing information on current status of motorcycle
legislation. Report on elected officials at all levels of government who approve
or disapprove of said legislation.
- To act as an information
source to help discrimination against motorcyclists.
F. To act as a legislative liaison
between motorcyclists and government authorities, police departments,
government agencies, insurance companies, and other organizations.
G. To report and discourage biased news reporting of motorcyclists.
H. To present and promote a better public image of motorcyclists.
Keeping
ABATE of NY, Inc. Sponsored events orderly and peaceful.
"None
are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are
free."
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
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