While the following story is a bit older, the age of the story has nothing to do with the details and the content of it. A motorcycle was involved in a crash with a passenger vehicle in Kansas City, Missouri, leading to a devastating accident that left the...
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More data on motorcycle accidents shows the scale of the problem
About five months ago, we wrote a post about motorcycle accidents and how the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found some alarming data from 2015. That post will seem similar to today’s post as we talk about a report from Canada that reviewed...
8 Cold Weather Motorcycle Riding Tips
With fall starting to settle in and winter right around the corner, you could find yourself riding in some less than optimal weather conditions. Winter riding during the winter months can present many different cold-weather riding challenges, from high winds to sudden...
Motorcyclist hospitalized following crash with pickup truck
A 37-year-old man from Kansas was injured recently in Ellsworth County after his motorcycle crashed with a pickup truck that was hauling a trailer. The accident occurred on Interstate 70 around 7 p.m. with the vehicles being in the right lane. It appears that the...
Helmet use is low among motorcyclists in Kansas
Motorcycle accidents in the state of Kansas have remained remarkably consistent over the last decade. Consistency is not exactly something you want to celebrate when it comes to motor vehicle accidents of any kind, but it is interesting just how consistent the...
2015 motorcycle accident data sounds the alarm
Motorcycle accident data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for 2015 reveals a startling uptick in the number of fatalities year over year. In 2014, there were 4,594 deaths in motorcycle accidents. But that figure skyrocketed in 2015, up to 4,976...
The Best Motorcycle Helmet Cameras
As the years have gone by, technological advancements have proven to increase car safety. There are side airbags, rearview cameras that display video to a car’s dashboard, automated braking systems, lane departures warnings, dash cams and many other safety...
10 Motorcycle Safety Tips
There is something about riding a motorcycle that never gets old. Perhaps it is the adrenaline rush that comes with the quick acceleration, the ability to quickly weave through traffic and to hug turns at high speeds. Given the width of our roads, riding motorcycles...