ABATE of New York State, Inc., Southern Tier Chapter

Welcome Web viewers. As President of the Southern Tier Chapter of ABATE Inc. of NYS, I, Mick Brown, would like to tell you about us.

The name ABATE stands for a lot of meanings. In NYS ours stands for American Bikers Aimed Towards Education, But all slogans for the ABATE name stand for people who care about motorcyclist rights and making the road safer for all. We all work in Education of drivers, law enforcement, highway workers, and emergency staff, as well as many other people that are involved with motorcyclists in one way or another. By open dialog, we are able to show the motorcyclist’s point of view to the people that have no idea what’s important to the motorcyclist’s safety, and well being.

Legislation is passed each year that concerns motorcyclists by people who have never even ridden a motorcycle and are more interested in their own agenda (more revenue) than taking the time to see if the bill has any merit to be passed as a law. ABATE is that voice in Albany that creates a window for a view to these people. We do the same in local government.

We work closely with several other motorcycle groups such as the Motorcycle Rider’s Foundation (MRF) and the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA). As a whole we keep our members informed of what’s going on and what we can do to help a bill be passed or defeated.

In the past we have been labeled as the “LID GUYS” because of the helmet protests we have done. Actually we have accomplished much more important issues than the freedom of choice from helping to make motorcycle safety classes, stricter penalties on failure to yield, and motorcycle awareness segments in drivers education classes. The legal use of motorcycles in the HOV lanes is still on our table. Making motorcycle safety classes more affordable is as well.

We welcome you to use this site’s calendar of events as a referral to what’s happening locally. You might find some of these of interest to you. Or maybe you’d like to post your events on our calendar. If so, please contact Shelly, our Webmaster, and she’ll hook you up. Also enjoy some of the pictures of past times, and events. We’re not all business, we like to ride and have fun too.

Monroe County Chapter Legislative Coordinator Reminds Us How to Support Our Causes

Our Legislative Activity page has been updated with important information regarding the current bills up before the Assembly and Senate and how you can show your support for these bills. Read James Hendrix's email to Mick, our chapter president. If you've done this before, a checklist always helps; if you didn't know where to start, follow his easy instructions.

Reporting Roadblock Abuses

On Monday, Aug 29th, I met with the New York State Attorney General's Representative to discuss the roadblock abuses. I requested an invesigation into the actions of the state police. They were receptive to our complaint and we now have a mechanism to report all incidents directly to the Attorney General's Office.If you or anyone you know has been a victim of motorcycle profiling, call me at 518-239-4560 and I will help you to file a complaint. Let's follow through on this and let them know we're fed up with the harassment.

Greetings friends, Suzi Q here...

As you may or may not know, the ABATE of NY Foundation Motorcycle Awareness Campaign is registered and running. We have received a grant from the DMV for motorcycle safety, but the grant is a voucher grant, which means they will pay us back for the money we invest in safety and awareness materials, but at this point, we need start up scratch to get these things ordered and ready for distribution in 2012. Please take some time to read the attached letter, and pass it on to any business owner who may be able to help us. If you have any questions, please ask!

Help Us Adopt-A-Highway

Are you willing to volunteer several hours once a month to maintain a stretch of highway? Fill out the form below to let Mick know if you're interested. If we get enough volunteers, we'll Adopt-A-Highway.

Post an Event

Does your organization have an event you'd like to see on the Calendar? On our contact page you will find a link to a form that sends a form to Shelly, our Webmaster, and she'll put it on the Calendar.