You never know when your Accident Scene Management (ASM) training will come in handy to help someone Most of us probably think it will be used for motorcycle accidents, but life sometimes has other plans for us. My HOG chapter requires that all Road Captains be trained in ASM. We were asked to assist with...Read More
ASM instructor Colleen Vetere and her husband “Tyke” from Colorado have been teaching ASM courses for over 10 years. They started out in Charlotte, NC and have taught wherever their travels take them. Our instructors teach because they want to make a difference. It is messages like this that spur them on to want...Read More
Kevin’s Experience I attended the ASM Basic 100 series class held in Stratford, WI this past May. Who knew that less than 2 months later I would need to use my knowledge and skills! Yesterday, Jay was in an accident (he also attended the class). Jay hit a truck in the driver’s door doing about...Read More
The last thing I remember is… I have blurs, snapshots, flashes I think. I even hear all the stories. But I just think that I fell asleep and woke up to a nightmare, yet a miracle. So here is my story I have been riding a motorcycle since I was a kid, and leading local...Read More
We had a picnic ride with another Chapter that we do every year. Some bad weather was forecasted to come in and by Kickstands up time it was cloudy but just starting to rain. The group left, as scheduled, for the back roads route to the picnic site which was about a 60 minute ride....Read More
Kate Green and I, Scott “Spiritrider” Gates, are ASM Advanced Trained Bystanders. Kate had picked me up from work Friday, February 1, 2013 and we were on our way home when we came upon a downed motorcycle rider. He had several people standing around him, however no one was doing anything to help him....Read More
A good buddy of mine and I were out on a ride last Friday, then things went ‘south’… We had been out riding the Baraboo bluffs, and Ron was now in the lead on a road that he had ridden several times. For some reason, Ron drifted off the pavement. He tried to maintain control...Read More
