Everyone is doing a great job in helping us to spread the word about the Blue Ridge Parkway Specialty Motorcycle License Plate. Your ideas have been appreciated and the Foundation is well under way to reach its goal. As of today, February 29th, 2008, we are almost halfway there: 180 applications of the 300 needed (updated 5/9/08).
One of the more common questions we get, is "How can I help?". Right now, there are 3 main ways you can help:
1) If you're a North Carolina resident, and you own a motorcycle, THEN BUY THE TAG! You can get an application on the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation's web site. Simply download the application now and send it in.
2) Spread the Word! The main way we will get enough tag registrants to get this specialty tag approved is to let others know about it. We put our heads together and then asked our friends at Virtual Blue Ridge if they could help us develop something for getting the word out on the Internet. They came back with some good ideas. One of those is a "thermometer" that you can place on your web site or blog. You can see it to your right in this blog post. It's just a few lines of code you can easily add to your site, and it links right to this page. To install the "thermometer" on your site, simply copy the code below and put it in the HTML source of your web site or blog:
<a href="http://www.blueridgeparkwayblog.com/motorcycling/general/how-can-i-help"><img src="http://www.blueridgeparkwayblog.com/scripts/thermometer-new.php" alt="Blue Ridge Parkway Specialty Motorcycle License Plate" width="120" height="301" border="0"></a>
3) Give us more ideas. So far, we have received some great ideas and we're continuing to get more. Don't be afraid to post your comments on this blog. We're checking them daily and your thoughts can help inspire someone else to even greater thoughts. Comments on the blog are the easiest way to share your ideas with us!
We all look forward to see this great license plate on North Carolina motorcycles next year and your help is what will allow us to do that.
For more information on the specialty tag program, view the press release on the Foundation's web site.
Virginia bikers love the Parkway too! How about one for us?
Posted by Dwight — 16 Mar 2008, 22:17
Hi, thanks for your suggestion. I wish we could populate every state with specialty tags for the Blue Ridgeb Parkway, but the reality is that there are now too many --- particularly in Virginia. The Blue Ridge Parkway introduced legislation some years ago for automobiles, and despite a very agressive marketing campaign by a number of Parkway partnres, we were only able to attract 23 applications.
Posted by Houck Medford — 28 Mar 2008, 06:44
With this year's increase in gas prices and the growing popularity of motorcycles among many (including retirees - me), isn't it appropriate to pursue this again with VADMV? There are so many of us who use the Parkway as the pristine motorcycle route. I would proudly sport a personalized Blue Ridge Parkway Tag!
Posted by Ms. Raylene Scott — 08 Apr 2008, 11:15
Do you have a current count
on the number of applications
for the tags?
Posted by Theresa Johnston — 25 Apr 2008, 20:24
The total number of applications now comes to 175 as of 4/29/08.
Posted by Tanna — 30 Apr 2008, 10:37