Comments on: Report from MotM: A Failed Safety Paradigm http://motorcyclecolorado.com/blog/report-from-motm-a-failed-safety-paradigm/ Mon, 14 May 2012 21:57:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Cindy Hodges http://motorcyclecolorado.com/blog/report-from-motm-a-failed-safety-paradigm/comment-page-1/#comment-793 Cindy Hodges Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:49:26 +0000 http://motorcyclecolorado.com/blog/report-from-motm-a-failed-safety-paradigm/#comment-793 Ken, Tonite while researching something entirely different, I came across the URL for your blogsite. I want to thank you for posting the information. I will add that Doc Ski and I work together here in NC as he is the NC SMRO Legislative Director. The statistics he uses often come from the same federal bureaucracies that are trying to deny their own results! Some of Ski's graphs and stats came from NHTSA published studies. Imagine! Thanks so much for promoting membership within the MRF. What Kirk "Hardtail" Willard, our president, stated is entirely correct... basically we need members in order to keep doing the job we are doing at the functioning level that has proved effective. Times are tough and tight for everyone and we know it. It is what it is. Again, thank you, and I will put your site in my favorites so I can keep up with what you are doing, or subscribe. best, Cindy "Fre" Hodges MRF Member Rep to the Board Ken,

Tonite while researching something entirely different, I came across the URL for your blogsite.

I want to thank you for posting the information. I will add that Doc Ski and I work together here in NC as he is the NC SMRO Legislative Director. The statistics he uses often come from the same federal bureaucracies that are trying to deny their own results! Some of Ski’s graphs and stats came from NHTSA published studies. Imagine!

Thanks so much for promoting membership within the MRF. What Kirk “Hardtail” Willard, our president, stated is entirely correct… basically we need members in order to keep doing the job we are doing at the functioning level that has proved effective. Times are tough and tight for everyone and we know it. It is what it is.

Again, thank you, and I will put your site in my favorites so I can keep up with what you are doing, or subscribe.

best,

Cindy “Fre” Hodges
MRF Member Rep to the Board

]]> By: fasthair http://motorcyclecolorado.com/blog/report-from-motm-a-failed-safety-paradigm/comment-page-1/#comment-792 fasthair Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:20:16 +0000 http://motorcyclecolorado.com/blog/report-from-motm-a-failed-safety-paradigm/#comment-792 HI Ken, I thank you for your efforts on reporting and researching all of these very important happenings. I know first hand working together can be of benefit for all who ride. Several years back the “save me from myself” people at the state house tried to put helmets on us here in Iowa. ABATE and the AMA fought hard lobbying the state house along with many “average” people like me made an effort to write letters and call our leaders. You know what surprised me the most about this. Every single person I contacted got back in touch with me, every single one of them! They wanted to know about figures I gave them, where I had found them (pre internet) and what my thoughts on the bill was. I was so surprised to find out that they just didn’t know these things and were very happy that I had taken the time to help educate them. So if there is anyone out there that doesn’t think you make a difference or that you don’t count you are so wrong. Our governor at the time vetoed the bill. While he vetoed for reasons other then freedom of choice he did veto it. It was a very hot topic in the state at the time so he risked a great deal in doing so. He went on to get re-elected for several more terms before he called it quits. fasthair HI Ken,

I thank you for your efforts on reporting and researching all of these very important happenings. I know first hand working together can be of benefit for all who ride. Several years back the “save me from myself” people at the state house tried to put helmets on us here in Iowa. ABATE and the AMA fought hard lobbying the state house along with many “average” people like me made an effort to write letters and call our leaders. You know what surprised me the most about this. Every single person I contacted got back in touch with me, every single one of them! They wanted to know about figures I gave them, where I had found them (pre internet) and what my thoughts on the bill was. I was so surprised to find out that they just didn’t know these things and were very happy that I had taken the time to help educate them.

So if there is anyone out there that doesn’t think you make a difference or that you don’t count you are so wrong.

Our governor at the time vetoed the bill. While he vetoed for reasons other then freedom of choice he did veto it. It was a very hot topic in the state at the time so he risked a great deal in doing so. He went on to get re-elected for several more terms before he called it quits.

fasthair

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