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MOTORCYCLE CHECKPOINTS IN GEORGIA DURING BIKE WEEK
All though there isn’t a clear answer of how, what, where, and when…Attorney Mitch Prono (who filed suit in New York) and Linda Allen (Legislative for ABATE of Georgia) spoke on All Riders Radio, explained how these Motorcycle Only Check Points originated in the State of New York, and a letter for the Grant was sent to EVERY State thereafter. The State of Georgia was the 1st State to apply for the Grant, receiving $70,000.00 to conduct the Motorcycle Only Check Points. It is expected with Tens of Thousands of motorcyclist heading to Daytona for Bike Week (March 4-13, 2011), this will be the prime target of motorcyclist. While Linda Allen (ABATE of Georgia) states they are trying to gather as much information as possible, setting up call lines, alerts, etc.,
Mitch Prono, Esq., states if they follow the patterns of how things were done in New York, they anticipate that they will target the bikers at the exits where rest areas are located. They will be a sign directing ALL motorcyclist to pull over at the next exit, at which point they will conduct the Motorcycle Only Check Points, checking for, but not limited to such things as, U.S. DOT-compliant helmets, legal exhaust systems, and compliance with licensing, registration and inspection regulations, etc.

Linda Allen (ABATE of Georgia) is urging all Motorcyclist to document such stops. With that being said, we as motorcyclist must understand how vital our cell phones are (take pictures, videos, post, email, text and blast these check points) warn a motorcyclist. If you are stopped or ticketed, and sent on your way…it DOESN’T stop there. It’s very important to contact ABATE of Georgia [phone] - http://www.abatega.org/

In order to defeat this and other type of violation of our Constitutional Rights, we as motorcyclist MUST get involved and DEFEND our rights to ride. Please DO NOT minimize the fact that this is happening in the State of Georgia. We must remember that this very same letter of invitation has been sent to EVERY State, and it can very well end up in your State. We MUST become Proactive, get involved with your local ABATE or MRO’s.

Defending our right to ride starts with each one of us….If we DON’T become part of the Solution, we are part of the PROBLEM!

Welcome to YOUR NEW ABATE of Georgia!

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MOTORCYCLE CHECKPOINTS MAY END UP IN SUPREME COURT

PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL MOTORCYCLISTS!!!

Motorcycle Checkpoints May End Up in Supreme Court

Disputing the Constitutionality of Motorcycle Only Checkpoints

NEW YORK, Feb. 18, 2011 / PRNewswire

Motorcyclists across the nation are awaiting a decision from the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of New York which they hope will
declare New York’s “motorcycle only” roadway checkpoints to be
unconstitutional. The case Wagner et al. v. The County of Schenectady, et
al. could end up in the United States Supreme Court. The checkpoints, which
target well-known motorcycle events, force motorcyclists traveling to and
from those events to leave the roadway, regardless of any wrongdoing, and
have their vehicles and equipment inspected for safety and non-safety
equipment violations and stolen VIN numbers. Motorcyclists have been
detained as long as 45 minutes in makeshift stockades while undergoing the
inspections. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration
recently began Federal funding for motorcycle checkpoints nationwide in
order to assess their effectiveness despite objections raised by members of
Congress.


The New York lawsuit is the first to challenge the constitutionality of
motorcycle checkpoints. The plaintiffs are being represented by Proner &
Proner, a plaintiffs personal injury law firm with a long history of doing
“pro bono” legal work on behalf of motorcyclists. The Proner firm
commenced the lawsuit on behalf of four motorcyclists who were detained at
two separate checkpoints.


The checkpoints are funded by a grant from the New York Governor’s
Traffic Safety Committee and the troopers who work them are paid overtime.
Although the stated purpose of the checkpoints is to promote safety, the
majority of the more than a thousand tickets which were issued during the
first year of the checkpoints had nothing to do with safety and instead
focused on non-safety violations such as loud pipes. The written guidelines
for the checkpoints specifically state that one of the purposes of the
checkpoints is to look for stolen and forged VINs and the police readily
admit that they often have undercover members of their gang and auto theft
units working the checkpoints looking for signs of criminal activity.


The Supreme Court of the United States has repeatedly made it clear that
any roadway checkpoint whose primary purpose is general crime control
constitutes an unreasonable search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment
and is presumptively unconstitutional. Notwithstanding that fact, the
progress reports which the police prepared on the checkpoints specifically
state that the grant funds are used “for overtime for intelligence
gathering and the subsequent criminal and traffic enforcement.” The
police admit that the checkpoints, which focus only on equipment violations
and forged and stolen VINs, do not address any of the major causes of
motorcycle accidents such as reckless driving, driver inattentiveness and
alcohol impairment.


Lawyers for the Plaintiff Riders and Defendant State Police are both
seeking summary judgment on the Fourth Amendment claims. The future of
motorcyclists’ rights hangs in the balance


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Sharon "Lady Ninja" Cancel
Co-Chairperson
National Sport Bike Association
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Brian "Seven" Lawson
Executive Director
National Sport Bike Association
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