Motorcycle safety ride will start and stop in Medina on Sunday

Photo by Tom Rivers

ALBION – Don Sloper, center, president of the Orleans County chapter of American Bikers Aimed Toward Education (ABATE) accepted a proclamation from County legislator Don Allport on Tuesday that declared May as “Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month in Orleans County.” Sloper was joined in legislative chambers by Steve Rosenberg, vice president of ABATE.

The organization usually has a motorcycle safety and awareness rally at the Orleans County Courthouse the first Sunday in May, and then heads out on a 50-mile ride in the county, ending at the VFW in Medina.

ABATE will instead be starting its ride at the VFW in Medina on Sunday at 3 p.m. and ending the ride there after about 50 miles in the county.

The county is requiring proof of insurance by organizations to hold events at the courthouse property. Sloper said ABATE didn’t want to spend the money for the insurance and instead will start at the VFW.

ABATE has about 80 members in Orleans County. Motorcyclists want the public to know they are back on the roadways. The motorcyclists urge drivers to “look twice” and use extra caution when making a left turn or pulling out onto the roadway.