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THEM BIKERS ARE CRAZY!

NC Cape Fear ASMI instructors are community servants. They not only are dedicated to reducing injuries and fatalities to motorcyclists but are being recognized for their recent heroic actions when a gas station was being robbed.

The following is the story told by Steve Adams, ASMI instructor:

Member's of our local HOG Chapter were meeting at our typical link up point at the BP Station prior to going on a Progressive Breakfast Ride.  Around 20 of us were milling around outside the station waiting on everyone to show up when the woman working inside hit the window and yelled, "they are robbing me"! Just then we heard a gun shot and a scream.   Immediately two members ran around the front of the store as I ran around the back side.  Two young men exited the store at a dead run. We yelled for them to stop and took up chase.  Keep in mind we are old and slow but their baggy pants were falling down and they struggled with the fact that they did not have their shoes tied! Several of us where armed, drew our pistols for defense and took aim twice. We chased them for about a 1/4 mile when they turned the corner of the strip mall.  Several members followed and were in pursuit on their bikes.  As one member, Jerry, came around the corner they shot at him twice, but fortunately missed.  We chased them into a wooded area just as the Police arrived.  A couple members rode their bikes down the road and blocked the robbers from crossing over into a thicker wooded area.  When they saw the road was blocked they ran back up a hill and climbed over a chain link fence where they hid under a parked car.  They where arrested when they where spotted and the Dog Team arrived. The first words out of their mouths when arrested was "Them bikers are crazy"!

Luckily they shot at and missed the store clerk, however a fragment did hit her leg.  Peggy Quatrone, an ASMI Lead Instructor, pulled up to the station while we where in pursuit.  She made sure that the clerk was OK.  I guess the bottom line was that we got pretty pissed at the arrogance of those little buzzards who thought they could rob our gas station with us outside. I guess after so many robberies they were execting us to just stand by and watch, not a bunch of guys with guns chasing them!  The Fayetteville PD has recommended us for a Civilian award and letters of appreciation.  They are going to host a dinner and ceremony sometime in May.

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                                                ASMI Statement of Purpose
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 3% of Roadway crashes involve motorcyclists but 11% of Roadway fatalities were motorcyclists! The purpose of ASMI's Bystander Assistance Programs are to reduce injuries and fatailties to motorcyclists through First Response Education. We also expect to reduce rescuer injury through proper training. Our programs, based upon the US DOT First Responder Curriculum, are focused on Trauma rather than First Aid and CPR. All classes include a Lead instructor who is EMT or higher in medical training. For the price of a piece of chrome you can receive this invaluable training in just one to two days. Don't put this training off.

2005 Bystander Assistance Survey

See the results of training. Survey abstract presented at the 2006 International Conference on Motorcycle Safety in Long Beach, CA. Sponsored by NAMS