Monday, March 28, 2011

motorcycle crash Protection


Lets just face the facts about the dangers of riding a motorcycle, a motorcycle crash does not happen very often, just about 4 percent of all crashes with vehicles are a motorcycle crash. This is a very low percentage but it does lead to 10 percent of all deaths in traffic. You are just not as protected on a bike as you are when driving a car. Still this extremely high amount of deaths because of a motorcycle crash can be reduced with just a few simple guidelines.
There are a lot of misconceptions about a motorcycle crash
The greatest myth about a motorcycle crash is that they are more often than not caused by other road users like car owners and trucks. This is not at all true, almost 65 percent of the crashes is caused by the rider self and are single vehicle crashes. This means that there was no other vehicle involved in the crash and the riders caused there own accidents. This is really the biggest myth and now you know you also know that there are steps to be made to avoid a motorcycle crash caused by yourself.
Another myth about motorcycle crash is that they almost always happen at night, while in fact more then seventy percent of all motorcycle crashes happened in day time.
A deathly motorcycle crash only happens at high speed is the next myth. 40 miles an hour can be enough to kill you if you do not take the right precautions. Of course when the speed increases the risk of fatality becomes higher but when you have a motorcycle crash at low speed, and most of the accidents happen at low speed, and you do not wear good gear it still can kill you.
Most bike riders are much less cautious when they drive at these speeds because they think they will be able to intervene and to avoid problems. Often they do not see everything that is happening on the road and they react slower then they would be at a higher speed. This results in much more accidents.

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