All Entries Tagged With: "safety"
Lane Sharing and Motorcycle Safety
MOTORCYCLE SAFETY HAS proven to be a difficult issue to address. Nationally, motorcycle rider fatalities increased each year between 2000 and 2008 even though total traffic fatalities were consistently decreasing after 2002. In 2009, there was finally a sharp decrease in the number of fatal motorcycle crashes in the US, and it is estimated there [...]
So Flo, How Are You Doing Today?
***UPDATED*** Hey guys, Kevin here I just want to let you know that on my ride home last night a vehicle whipped in to my lane and then slammed on the brakes, in my attempt to stop I locked the front tire up and I went down on my right shoulder. So, I had to [...]
Just call him “Lucky”
Thanks to Cliff for writing some background information on this video and providing it to RiderGroups.com members. If you have a video or ride story you would like to share send me a message. As autumns go, we again had our standard 3-4 weeks of temperature which were less-than-90, but more than 50. Then the (also [...]
The MSF offers some safety advice for National Ride to Wok Day
IRVINE, Calif., June 17, 2010 – An estimated one million Americans are expected to swing a leg over their motorcycle on June 21 to help celebrate the 19th annual Ride to Work Day. As more people find motorcycles and scooters to be an economical, efficient and fun way to commute, both drivers and riders can [...]
The Hurt Report: the cause of motorcycle accidents
This is a study performed on the cause and results of motorcycle accidents. It is a few years old but offers some good reading to help you stay out of a motorcycle accident. Findings from the Hurt Study Motorcycle Accident Cause Factors and Identification of Countermeasures A motorcycle accident study offers you and your students [...]
Keith Code: Motorcycle technology can save your life
I am a huge proponent of motorcycle safety. I love riding, I love the power of a motorcycle and the ability to turn on a dime. I love “watching” motorcycle racers who have more skill in their little finger than I have in my entire body apply their craft. But, at the end of the day or [...]
Are you an “experienced” rider?
Here is an interesting study on motorcycle riders conducted by Consumer Reports. It is pretty consistent with my riding experience. I have over 5 years, consider myself an “experienced” rider. I do fall in the 10% for single vehicle accident in the last 5 years, not much damage to the bike, just my ego. June [...]
My common sense tips that keep me safer on my motorcycle
I have been riding motorcycles for quite a few years now, in one form or the other. Luckily, I have been down only once. On a beautiful day in the spring of 2008, with the family out of town, I took a nice ride up to Possum Kingdom Reservoir in North Texas. It was a perfect ride [...]