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No Speeding... Ever?
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3 FATALITIES IN 4 DAYS
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Legislative Update - 011924
06/21/2023
Rider Training Returns to Indy!
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ABATE TO RESUME SKILL TESTING
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YOU’LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT!
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ATTEND THE FALL SEMINAR - TAKE TWO
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BOOGIE, BOOGIE, BOOGIE...
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2022 Training Season Update
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Join the circus at the 42nd Annual Boogie!
05/14/2022
Losses in our family -- Scott and Yacky
05/01/2022
Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month
04/05/2022
LET THE TRAINING BEGIN
04/04/2022
WHERE’S THE ONE-YEAR PIN?
03/30/2022
Where Does Your State Rank?
02/14/2022
HELP WANTED for THIS WEEKEND!
01/13/2022
ABATE Day at the Statehouse 2022
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It Only Takes One
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Strengthen Your Corps
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Highway Bill Passes… a Year Late
09/18/2021
A loss in the ABATE of Indiana family
09/14/2021
Indiana Motorcycle Community Loses a Legend
09/01/2021
ASK OUR LAWYER… EER, I MEAN, INSTRUCTOR
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Do I want to ride?
07/22/2021
Motorcycles On Meridian Volunteers Wanted
07/21/2021
DON’T HESITATE TO ASK
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Don't hesitate to ask
06/21/2021
Homeless in Indianapolis!
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Boogie on the Beach!
04/26/2021
MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AND AWARENESS MONTH
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Motorcycle Safety Report: The Usual Routine
01/21/2021
So what is going on?
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ABATE of Indiana Awards Banquet goes Virtual
01/02/2021
WOW, what a year!
11/02/2020
Thanks for helping us get through 2020
11/01/2020
Elections and the Fall Seminar
10/22/2020
In Memory of John Bodeker
09/01/2020
Life goes on, let’s live it
08/01/2020
So what's ABATE doing during all of this?
06/01/2020
Riding out the 'rona
05/01/2020
Unprecedented
04/01/2020
National Emergency
03/17/2020
COVID-19 Update 04/20/2020
03/16/2020
National Emergency
02/03/2020
Here's the explanation
07/01/2019
BOOGIE, BOOGIE, BOOGIE
06/01/2019
Bring a friend to the Boogie
05/01/2019
Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month
04/01/2019
Another riding season
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What are we doing in March?
12/01/2017
In Memory of Andre Lacy
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2017 Lights at the Brickyard - Moto Tuesday!
08/23/2017
Parking on Monument Circle
08/02/2017
Now's Your Chance to Tell the EPA About Your Concerns Over Ethanol - Comments Due August 31!
04/18/2017
SO, CAN I GET MY LICENSE, OR NOT?
03/21/2017
It is with great sadness that ABATE of Indiana reports the passing of Michael "Balls" Farabaugh
01/26/2017
Senate Joins House in Support of the RPM Act
12/01/2016
So... What's next?
11/20/2016
2016 Fall Seminar Thank You
11/11/2016
National Park Service Directors Order 100 puts climate change first, public engagement last
11/03/2016
MRF Nominates Ric Mellon to Serve on Recently Formed Advisory Committee on Self-Driving Vehicles
10/27/2016
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08/03/2016
CALL TO ACTION - Motorcycle Profiling
07/16/2016
Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Names Motorcyclist Governor Mike Pence as Running Mate
05/11/2016
Bill restricts availability of unsafe fuel
04/25/2016
Rally on the Circle Thursday, May 5th
03/22/2016
Urge Congress to protect motorcycle racing!
03/13/2016
Report of Motorcycle Curfew Completely False
Indiana General Assembly Opening Day: Play Ball!
ABATE of Indiana
The 2022 session of the Indiana General Assembly began today, so I spent the day at the Statehouse. It was certainly different than it was last year. It was kind of like a reunion, as it’s been about 20 months since many of these folks have seen each other. It was good to have everybody back in the people’s house. Just FYI, I could probably count the number of those wearing masks on one hand.
Remember that this is the “short session” lasting only 30 session days and concluding in March. With the schedule shortened, things tend to happen quickly. At this point, about 250 bills have been introduced. There are several that we’ll be watching, but there is not currently anything specific to motorcycling or that is on our agenda. As of yet, we’ve not seen or heard about an ethanol bill. If I was to bet, I’d expect them to introduce a follow-up bill to “strike while the iron is hot”. We are just waiting for the other shoe to drop and will share information as soon as we have it.
While it’s good to be back in Statehouse, there are some changes. The legislative information office (often referred to as “the bill room”) no longer has live people sitting at the windows. This may seem like a minor thing that could just be written off as changing times. Call me paranoid, but I’m concerned that there may be other changes that could get blamed on the pandemic. Sort of like how many hotels discovered that they could get by without providing breakfast and daily housekeeping, so now they’re gone permanently. Or all the people that started working from home and now there are a bunch of empty buildings downtown.
The point to this rant is, even though we do not have a specific issue (yet?), we MUST have a presence and let the legislators, and everyone else, know that we are paying attention. Encourage as many people as you can to attend ABATE Day at the Statehouse next week and I assure you that we will give them something to speak with their representatives about.
It’s been two years (almost to the day) since we’ve had our folks in the Statehouse and we don’t want them to forget about us. We can’t let ABATE Day become another casualty of COVID.
Just for grins, I’ve included a photo of me with Andy Bauman, who some of you may remember as the Clerk of the Senate. It appears that we see the same barber. I said that I’d get my hair cut and do something with the beard after the first of the year… I just didn’t specify when.
Thanks,
Jay Jackson
Executive Director
ABATE of Indiana, Inc.
