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February 26, 2010
Friday, 6:33 P.M.
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An idealistic couple, back in the 1970’s, my husband and I were very aware of current events and the government’s activities in our private lives. In response to one of these issues, we joined a motorcycle rights organization, though neither of us owned nor rode a motorcycle, to help organize the protest against the establishment of what we considered an unconstitutional law, the forcing of motorcyclists to wear helmets. I was of the opinion that a helmet was a life saver and you were a fool not to wear one, but I would defend to the death your right to be a fool. The organization, NYMRO, New York Motorcycle Rights Organization met regularly to encourage members to write letters to their respective assemblymen and senators, inform the membership of the congressmen’s stands on the issue, develop ideas for flyers and bulletins to be distributed throughout the state, set up peaceful protests, and basically, take advantage of our rights as American citizens to voice our opinions and fight for our Constitutional liberties. We were very active in protests in Albany and even participated in the setup of a very
successful one here on Long Island that attracted thousands of bikers including those from the Blue Angels, a police bike club, to the Pagans, an outlaw bike club and every other kind of biker in between.

In the course of these protests, there was only one car, a car covered in anti helmet law posters. It was a nice green blue Chrysler legally inspected and registered in my husband’s name. In short order, we found that it wasn’t just the members of the protest that took notice of this one individual automobile in a sea of motorcycles.