Here’s something that some psychologists and therapists who work with veterans returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan say should command more attention than it is currently receiving: the driving behavior of many service members back from deployments, especially where motorcycles are involved. The reason: Motorcycle accident injuries — too often fatal — spell…
Saying that, “The love overshadows the crash,” a longtime Harley Davidson dealer in Carroll, a small town in Fairfield County, continues to extol the virtues and sheer thrills of riding a motorcycle despite a serious injury sustained in a motorcycle accident decades ago. These days, though, the euphoria that Joe Carson expresses when talking…
According to officials from multiple Ohio counties, their locales are experiencing a troubling uptick in motorcycle accidents this riding season, and the rise in more than just a bit discernible. In Stark County, for example, the five deaths incurred in motorcycle crashes thus far this year equal the amount of fatalities seen in that…
Motorcycle accident statistics in Ohio are kind of a mixed bag, with a combination of both good and bad news to report. As for the good: Notwithstanding a national trend indicating that motorcycle crash fatalities are rising, fatalities have actually decreased in Ohio over the past several years. Nationally, 4,469 motorcyclists died in crashes…
It’s hardly surprising that Cleveland Browns football player Marcus Benard would say that he is newly evaluating his life with “a little bit of insight.” Being hurtled an estimated 80 yards after he lost control in a motorcycle accident last autumn and simply being able to survive such a crash and talk about it…
The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) and other traffic-safety agencies and advocates always maintain a consistent and sober message regarding motorcycle safety on state roadways, but the plea is even a bit more urgent this month, with May being National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. There is simply no way to sugar coat the message…
Here’s a central irony pointed out by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety as regards motorcycle riding: Not only might a bike training course not reduce a driver’s risk of getting into a motorcycle accident, but it might actually increase the possibility. As to how that could possibly be, safety experts signal a false…
With spring having just arrived, and the weather being unseasonably warm quite early this year throughout much of Ohio, it is hardly a surprise that motorcyclists — an avid group to begin with — are already out in force on many state roads and highways. Many of them are not wearing helmets, and advocates…
We noted for readers in a previous blog post (May 31) some of the stark statistics related to motorcycle accidents in Ohio. Between 2008 and 2010, for example, more than 11,000 motorcyclists were injured on state roads, which seems a flatly remarkable number. Moreover, well more than 500 of those riders died as a…
In July 2008, an Ohio teenage girl was a passenger on a motorcycle that witnesses say was speeding and weaving in and out of traffic near Shadyside, Ohio. When a vehicle pulled in front of the bike, the driver was unable to avoid a collision, and both the driver and passenger were ejected in…