American Bikers Aiming Towards Education is a state motorcycle rights organization. ABATE believes in freedom of choice regarding most matters. We are not opposed to voluntary helmet use.
I've had numerous requests that I respond on others' behalf to Annie Valentine's commentary "The great motorcycle debate," on June 14, and D. Louise Brown's "Homefront" column of July 15, "Play it safe while riding," both of which addressed motorcycle helmet use. I've been reluctant to do so as most of our country's issues have turned into a dialogue of the deaf, with both sides merely repeating their positions over and over. So it is with the great motorcycle debate.
