Discuss this Ezine Issue on the Carolina Biker Rights Discussion List. ~FF
1) Tracy Miles Fundraiser
2) Join Carolina Biker Rights Discussion List
3) Order your FU memorial patch today
4) WHO: Winter 2008 Editorial
5) Mexico: Countdown to Safety 2008 (WHO Convention)
6) Safety conference on eliminating all risk on roads
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1) Tracy Miles Fundraiser
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While this may not seem to be biker rights related... it actually is very much so. Tracy is one of the main bikers that got Jasper ABATE started and has been the glue that has kept the chapter going over the years. She had a crash during the Lowcountry ABATE Toy Run in November. While she got banged up pretty good the real problem came to light at the hospital. Tests found cancer in one of her kidneys. If you can ride to Ridgeland this Saturday to support this benefit or send a donation of any amount it would be greatly appreciated and benefit a woman with a heart of gold. ~FF
Tracy Miles Fundraiser
Saturday February 23 2008 from Noon till Whenever.
At Tracy’s Place, 512 S. Jacob Smart Bvd., Ridgeland, SC
Dinner benefit $25.00 Per Person
Chili Cook Off $25.00 entry fee
Auction
Open Mike Comedy
Two chances at 50/50
This event hosted by Thunder Rally Girls - Jasper ABATE - Rebel Gals
More info call Bill Martini 843-247-7009
To enter Chili Cook Off call Dianna 843-304-1958
All donations are appreciated
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2) Join Carolina Biker Rights Discussion List
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http://www.bikerezine.com/discussion.html
Join Carolina Biker Rights Discussion List
This forum is for the discussion of biker rights by Carolina bikers. We discuss all means to the ends of promoting and protecting the rights of motorcyclists to include legislative and judicial action. Help shape the future direction of biker rights, join and create legislative teams, and generally have fun conversing with your brother and sister bikers.
While many subscribers are members of ABATE or BOLT, membership in a State Motorcycle Rights Organization (SMRO) is not required. However you must be a biker (motorcyclist) that loves liberty and desires to protect the same.
Use the form at the following URL to join the discussion list: http://www.bikerezine.com/discussion.html
This list is limited to bikers! The email addresses of subscribers will not be shared with any third parties. You may adjust or remove your subscription easily at any time.
Please share this information with your biker friends (please encourage them to join this ezine as well)
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3) Order your FU memorial patch today
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http://www.fastfreds.com/fu/patch.htm
Order your FU memorial patch today ... because once they are gone there will be no more.
This is a limited single run patch honoring the memory of our dear friend and fellow prankster Fred "FU" Uibel. This patch was designed and funded by fellow members of SC BOLT (Bikers of Lesser Tolerance) ...
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4) WHO: Winter 2008 Editorial
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FF Note: I wonder why they don't come clean and admit they seek to reduce the number of bikes on the road and helmet laws are part of that strategy?
http://www.whohelmets.org/headlines/index.htm
WHO: Winter 2008 Editorial
WEAK SCIENCE
O’Keeffe and his colleagues from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School have a different take on motorcycle fatalities following changes in Florida’s universal helmet laws. They believe that the increased numbers of fatalities were due to more motorcycles on the road, not the decline in helmet wearing.
Here’s their reasoning: They calculated fatality rate per registered motorcycle, and it hadn’t changed, even as Florida’s helmet laws were changed in 2000 from requiring all motorcyclists to wear helmets to requiring only those under 21 to do so. According to the study’s authors, fewer people wearing helmets because of the law changes wasn’t the reason for more deaths; it was because there were more motorcycles. But the number of fatalities increased from 75 before the law change to 125 in the period afterwards and helmet wearing declined from 80% to 33%.
Here’s the problem: the authors only looked at motorcycle fatalities, not other motorcycle injuries that do not result in death - such as fractures and trauma to other parts of the body. Without looking at these injuries, it is difficult to tell anything about changes in riding habits, ages of riders, and the amount of riding that is occurring. These data should have been fairly easy to obtain. But they present no data on this.
There’s another reason why O’Keefe’s study conclusions are not acceptable. In this issue we report on a Houston’s study that examined fatality rates in states with universal and partial helmet laws. Those states were likely to have had similar increases in the number of registered motorcycles, like those reported in Florida. Yet, the fatality rates – deaths per person – were about 12% higher in states with weaker helmet laws.
As more States weaken their laws requiring helmets for motorcyclists, careful and complete analysis of injury rates need to be undertaken.
We look forward to meeting you at the World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion in Mexico. As ever, we welcome your comments and articles.
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5) Mexico: Countdown to Safety 2008 (WHO Convention)
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http://www.whohelmets.org/headlines/08_winter_mexico.htm
Mexico: Countdown to Safety 2008
Consider attending the 9th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion – Safety 2008 – which will be held in Merida, Mexico from March 15-18, 2008.
Here’s what the organizers say about it:
This Conference will give special attention to the processes of globalization and their implications for injuries and violence. The conference will also emphasize the global patterns in Technological and Epidemiological Transitions, proposing international collaboration as a fundamental strategy for the design and promotion of policies for injury prevention and safety promotion.
The WHO Helmet Initiative will be at the meeting. Come and talk about your helmet concerns.
Merida is on the Yucatan Penisula – once the Maya capitol, and now home to archeological and historical sites.
FF Note: Your tax dollars at work... or rather waste. WHO is part of the UN and is primarily funded by US tax-payers.
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6) Safety conference on eliminating all risk on roads
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http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/mcn/2008/February-1-3/11-17/feb1108safetyconferenceeliminatesalldeathsonroads/?&R=EPI-98516
Safety conference on eliminating all risk on roads
By Steve Farrell
Politics & the law
11 February 2008 15:41
An international conference begins tomorrow on a road safety policy which could threaten the future of motorcycling.
Vision Zero aims to eliminate all deaths on the roads.
View the programme here: http://www.motorcyclenews.com/upload/visionzeroprogramme.pdf
Claes Tingvall, the Swedish transport advisor who devised the policy, famously said on TV: “There is no room for motorcycles in Vision Zero.”
Rune Elvik, a Norwegian transport advisor, recently said a debate was needed on whether motorcycles should be allowed on the roads in order for Vision Zero to progress.
Government transport advisors from across the EU are expected to gather in Brussels for the three-day conference, called: ‘Safe Highways of the Future… exploring technologies and changes required to enable zero deaths on Europe’s roads to become a reality.’
Topics to be covered include ‘safer vehicles by design’.
Tingvall, a speaker at the conference, said today he no longer saw motorcycles as incompatible with Vision Zero. He told MCN that progress toward zero motorcycle deaths needed to focus on rider behaviour rather than vehicle or road design.
“There are groups in the motorcycle society that drive with an extraordinarily low risk,” he said.
But he added: “Of course we need to discuss motorcycles. I honestly don’t know what will happen at the conference.”
For more on the Vision Zero conference, get MCN, on sale February 20.
FF Note: MCN is likely the best motorcycle rag on the market. They have the best product reviews and are untainted by ads. I've been reading MCN for years.
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