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The United States remain largely popular as a country of cars. No one person can ever go a few miles without his or her trusted car. However, because of the gasoline prices plus the fun of riding through the open road, motorcycles have steadily gained popularity.
No tags for this post.Motorcycle accidents have been on the rise due to the popularity and economical value associated with owning a motorcycle. It is harder to see a motorcycle, because of its size in proportion to other vehicles on the roadways, accidents are bound to occur. In 2007, there were 5154 fatalities and 103,000 injuries contributed to motorcycle accidents in the United States.
No tags for this post.Accident investigation is the most technical aspect of a Police Officers job here in Illinois. Police Officers in the many jurisdictions in Illinois must receive basic level training on traffic crash reporting at the academy level, however the process of becoming a full fledged accident investigator (AI) is far more complicated. The advanced levels of training for an AI is a multi-level course, which requires extensive study and a workng knowledge of higher mathmatics, particularly in the area of algebra. The final stage of accident investigation is a “reconstruction course”, where an AI learns how to reconstruct the exact circumstances of a traffic crash from a forensic perspective.
No tags for this post.Motorcycles can be a very economical means of transportation, leaving a much smaller carbon footprint, offering less carbon emissions and less gas used over driving a vehicle. However, motorcycles also offer almost no protection to the rider. When a motorcyclist finds themselves in an accident, knowing the ins and outs of investigating a motorcycle accident can be the difference maker for getting proper insurance payments, or between winning and losing a civil lawsuit.
No tags for this post.As a direct consequence of motorcyclists having to share major and minor roadways from extremely busy and intensely ever-changing scene of major city roadways and interstate highways, to the less busy, even though it can be said, less dangerous miniscule minor rural small towns of our increasing busy high mobile society, the resulting mix of large, larger and small fast moving vehicles can be a traumatic and at times deadly combination of road traffic conflicts for the most experienced and uninitiated adult and vulnerable teen motorcyclist – the unprotected motorcyclist is especially vulnerable in this fast paced and the most likely to fair the worst in any vehicle and motorcyclist collision.
No tags for this post.The United States remain largely popular as a country of cars. No one person can ever go a few miles without his or her trusted car. However, because of the gasoline prices plus the fun of riding through the open road, motorcycles have steadily gained popularity.
No tags for this post.One of the facts of motorcycle accidents is that there are more chances that the motorcycle rider and or their passenger may be injured in an accident with other vehicles. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) nearly 4,800 people died and 87,000 people were injured in motorcycle accidents in 2006. Even if a bike is traveling at a low speed when an accident occurred with another vehicle, more chances than not that the motorcycle rider may sustain a serious injury. The motorcycle rider often finds himself or herself in a difficult position when they are involved in accidents with other cars. Part of the difficulty stems from large-scale often-wrong perception that the motorcycle rider’s speeding, may have caused the accident. Such perception is also at times wrongly reflected through police reports. The truth in many instances is that car drivers may not have seen the motorbike because of their small size, and these cars may have violated the motorcycle rider’s lane. It is therefore extremely important that when the motorcycle rider gets into an accident with other cars, they must not leave the accident scene without making and securing an official police report. Of course this may be handled differently if the motorcycle rider received an injury, they must seek medical treatment immediately.
No tags for this post.Many an owner of an uninsured, or under-insured, vehicle has lost everything. In some cases, an entire family suffers the consequences, as occurred when a teenager drove his own uninsured car, was involved in an accident, and his parents lost everything. Insurance companies will collect, make no mistake about it! Their claims representatives are paid to collect, regardless of the heart-throbbing stories which accompany one’s so-called “excuses”. And insurance corporation lobbyists in Washington are not significantly less powerful than the lobbyists of the banking and pharmaceutical industries, so expect no reprieve to be granted by the Federal Government on your behalf.
No tags for this post.When you go for a ride on your motorcycle, youre out to have fun. And hey, youve never had a crash before, so why would it happen now? Here are the government statistics about motorcycle helmets.In 1967, the US federal government said that it would take away funding from any state that didnt have a helmet law. By 1975, 47 states had complied with the federal government. However, in 1976, they repealed the law, ruling it unconstitutional. Most states softened their helmet laws.In the late 1990s, Kentucky and Louisiana repealed their helmet laws. While the helmet laws were in effect, nearly 100% of the people wore their helmets. When the laws came off the books, it fell to only half of people wearing helmets. The rate of fatalities per number of registered motorcycles rose 37% in Kentucky, and it rose a staggering 74% in Louisiana.Similarly to Kentucky and Louisiana, Texas took its helmet law off the books in 1997 for riders 21 or older who have insurance or training. Helmet use dropped from 96% to 66%, and motorcycle related deaths went up 1/3rd. This means that the death rates corresponds almost directly to the proportion of people who do not wear helmets.Florida repealed its helmet law in 2000. From 1997-1999 (three years while the law was in place) 515 motorcycle riders were killed in crashes; 48 of those deaths were people not wearing helmets. From 2001-2003 (three years after the law was created) there were 933 motorcycle riders killed in crashes; 566 of these were not wearing their helmet.Helmet Law Defense LeagueBells and WhistlesThe Source
The mortality rate statistics are taken directly from The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The figures can be accessed through their annual reports, and some are available on their websites.
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There’s a new trend among websites offering tips for saving money in the face of the rising cost of gasoline (the cheap stuff is hovering around the 4.00 mark in certain oil states, but for most of the rest of the U.S. it’s significantly over that ): buy a motorcycle or scooter, and save money. After all, small bikes and scooters get huge amounts of miles per gallon - certain models of Honda Rebels, for example, routinely go 75 miles on a single gallon of gas - and many larger bikes average over 50.
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