Here's a portion of an email that was written by a local ABATE officer and forwarded to me. Seems these road blocks will be set up at MC events.
Tim,
Thanks for sending this out. I mentioned it at our ROAR Rally last week. We received notice of this from MRF a couple of weeks ago. This should concern us all. NHTSA has been offering these "grants" and it appears they are looking to model what New York did last summer. They set up road blocks outside large public motorcycle gathering events and stop every rider to "check" their safety equipment, gear and insurance and lecture them about riding "safety". They only stop the bikes and never the autos who are running over us! MRF and ABATE encourage you to contact the Sec of Transportation, Ray LaHood ( 202-366-4000) and voice your displeasure at this discrimination. I also encourage you to contact your State Rep and State Sen to demand answers from the Ga State Patrol about their plans for this grant. This should be a close up view of possible discrimination that should motivate all Ga motorcyclist!
Joey Brush
ABATE 8