OFF THE WIRE
From ABATE of California's newsletter, lobbyist Jim Lombardo's article:
I know there’s been a lot of serious concern and complaints about the roadside motorcycle inspections by local cops. We will take this up at our Legislative session during the next Board meeting on October 16 in Sacramento. Send someone from your Local to the Board/Legislative/President’s meetings where we will begin developing a strategy to block the funding of this type of roadside “SAFETY PROGRAM” harassment. Law enforcement personnel need to concentrate their efforts on citing drivers for cutting off motorcycle riders and their failure to yield to motorcyclists, not use federal money to set up blockades to check for mechanical violations or expired registrations. That wasn’t the “safety” that the grants were supposed to be used for.
