Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  This May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. With the warmer weather already here, more and more motorcyclists are popping up on roadways across the country. Although motorcycles account for only 3% of all registered vehicles in the U.S., more than 5,100 riders and passengers are killed in deadly accidents each year. In order to[…]

Remember that May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month.  As any experienced rider will tell you, motorcycles offer far less protection and are less visible and stable than other motor vehicles. In fact, the federal government estimates that motorcyclists are at least 6 times as likely to be injured as drivers of other vehicles. This May,[…]

According to a recent report compiled by the Department of Transportation (DOT), there are 8,410,255 registered motorcycles across the United States. Rates of motorcycle fatalities increased by more than 8% between 2014 and 2015, and nearly 5,000 people die in fatal crashes every year. Although rates of motorcycle-related injuries have slightly decreased, almost 90,000 individuals[…]

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, nearly one-third of all fatal motorcycle crashes and countless injuries that happen every year are preventable. The agency is calling for the federal government to mandate that bikes are fitted with ABS systems. Despite these warnings, the federal government does not show signs that it will mandate[…]

Clutches Won’t Disengage  Approximately 46,000 Harley-Davidson motorcycles have been recalled by their manufacturer, and all because of one very serious issue: the motorcycles were unable to stay in gear because their clutches would not fully disengage. This defect affected several of Harley-Davidson’s 2015 models, including the Road Glide, Road King, Street Glide, Ultra Limited, Police[…]