A motorcycle rider has posted some sobering facts about injuries and deaths on the highways. His suggestion of a motorcycle safety class is a good one. But, I would enlarge that to include safety classes for all motorists. In the latter classes, by the way, motorists should be reminded that, in fact, bicycles and motorcycles are legally sharing the road - they are not trespassers who can be...
The World Health Organization has a message for those who are still not using motorcycle helmets.Increasing Helmet Use Promoted As An Effective Method Of Reducing Road Injuries And DeathsEach year about 1.2 million people die as a result of road traffic crashes, and millions more are injured or disabled. Most of the deaths are preventable.Head injuries are the main cause of death and disability...
Pay a visit to this article posted at Where's The Outrage before you jump on your motorcycle. In the full article the trauma surgeon author includes some specific medical case stories and a helpful list of steps to take to reduce the risk of serious injury or death.Don't Underestimate the dangers of MotorcyclesOver the last couple of weeks there's been a lot of discussion about motorcycles and...
You are mounting your chrome-plated Harley-Davidson. Soon the wind will be sweeping through your hair. Boy, are you foolhardy! MSNBC carries this story: Fla. cycle deaths rose since helmet law repealed'Unhelmeted' fatalities in soared from 22 to 250, newspaper reportsMotorcycle fatalities involving riders without helmets have soared in the nearly six years since Gov. Jeb Bush repealed the...
If you are Ben Roethlisberger, who quarterbacked the Steelers to a Super Bowl win, you might like to ride a motorcycle. You might even like to ride it without a helmet. But, the man who quarterbacked the Steelers to four Super Bowl wins, Terry Bradshaw, said Ben should wait until he retires. After a motorcycle crash this week that took Ben to surgery, Terry is looking pretty smart. Why does...
Sometimes judges get tangled up in abstractions when the simple facts and proper path is clear. If I handed a gun to a 6 year old and said "Go out and play," isn't that a clear violation of a state law as well as very negligent? Or, is that just a parental decision? A Florida appellate court has ruled it is just a business owner's managerial decision to order an employee to drive a motorcycle...
