The Specifics of a Typical Motorcycle Accident

THE SPECIFICS OF A TYPICAL MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 1 Use proteative equipment to primarily protect the chest and head Most fatal motoroyale accidents involve or both of these areas Additionally, half of motoroyole accidents compromise the rider's ankles, feet, knees, lower legs or thighs One of the most common motorayole operational errors is the slide out MOST COMMON RIDER INJURIES More often than not, these occur when a rider either brakes to hard or takes a curve too wide and too fast In large part, this is due to the fact that stopping a motoroyole is harder than stopping a moving vehiole PROTECT THE ES Statistically speaking, 73% of 1 motoroyole riders involved in an accident weren't wearing any sort of eye protection In many instances, the wind is 2 responsible for impaired vision and a subsequent crash Though great for night riding, consider using a headlamp during the day, as well Always wear high-visibility yellow orange to easily be spotted by other motorists THE VALUE OF HELMETS Even in the most harsh of incidents, a rider is more 3X more likely to survive a motoroyole accident when wearing a helmet Studies show that, at 30 mph, helmets can reduce the total number of head injuries by upwards of 50% This is interesting, seeing as how the median motoroyole orash speed is 21.5 mph Robert J. DeBry ASSOCIATES HTTP://wWW.RIDELUST.COM/CARS - VS-MOTORCYCLES-WHATS-MORE-DANGEROUS/