Category: Motorcycle Accidents

If you love riding your motorcycle, there’s some good news you should know about motorcycling in California. Motorcycle crashes resulting in fatalities have decreased by 28 percent in just a year. The great thing about California is that it’s relatively safe for motorcyclists. In 2017, 406 bikers were killed on state roads, but that was…

With spring here and summer just around the corner, it’s a good time to remind people about motorcycle safety. The police in California are doing that, pointing out that May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. Police in Union City, specifically, asked drivers to do what they can to prevent fatal collisions. Motorcyclists make up around…

With summer just around the corner, it’s best to understand how to stay safe when you take out your motorcycle. Riding a motorcycle is potentially dangerous, and if a driver doesn’t see you or stop in time, you could end up in a serious or fatal collision. To keep yourself safer, you need to be…

Remaining safe while riding a motorcycle requires ongoing alertness and presence of mind to avoid all the hazards that may easily kill the rider and others. While driving any vehicle has some inherent risks, motorcyclists face a number of threats that other drivers do not face. Before you ride, it is tremendously important that you…

You might be tempted to believe that new technological advances in motorcycle safety have contributed to a declining number of motorcycle-related fatalities in the last 10 years, but you’d be wrong. In fact, the number of motorcyclists on the road and the number deaths attributed to motorcycling has remained relatively stagnant since 2007. Death percentages…

Motorcycles are a common sight in California, so drivers should know that they need to keep an eye out for these open vehicles. When car and truck drivers aren’t cautious, crashes can occur. Without the protection of a vehicle frame and body, motorcyclists can be seriously injured or killed in these crashes. All it takes…

Not much focus is given to motorcycle passengers. Passengers perch on small seats behind the rider, lightly grasping the driver around the chest or hips. Never by the shoulders, as this puts the passenger in control of steering the bike, and that’s always a bad idea. But just as there are both responsible and irresponsible…

There are a lot of little perks that come with riding a motorcycle. Better gas mileage is one of them. The ability to move through even very congested traffic is another. People on motorcycles can maneuver between vehicles, even when traffic has come to a complete stop all around them. The smaller, two-wheeled vehicles can…

If you’re not doing everything you can to avoid vehicle collisions while you’re riding a motorcycle – and if you’re not constantly attentive to safety and defensive driving – you’re putting your life at risk every time you get on the road. Motorcycle riding doesn’t have to be like “Russian Roulette.” Yes, it will always…

Motorcyclists begin to head out on the roads more often in the spring, even here in California. Other motorists are more likely to be expecting them on the roads. The trouble is that motorcycles are still dangerous, and you can get badly hurt if you get into a crash. Before you head out in the…