Gas Prices UP! Is someone you know thinking about buying a motorcycle or scooter?
Fatalities on motorcycles and scooters have increased 127% over the past decade. Serious injuries from scooter and motorcycle accidents are up too. These include spinal cord injuries, burn injuries, brain injuries, and broken limbs.
Motorcycles are simply smaller and lighter than most cars. Motorcycles do not have much of a chance in a car collision. With more people driving SUVs and large cars today, the motorcyclist’s chances are even slimmer. The National Highway Traffic Safety is reporting that a motorcyclist is 34 times more likely to die in collision with a vehicle than someone in car.
As gas prices hover around $4 per gallon, many people are considering getting a motorcycle or scooter. If you do decide to get a motorcycle or scooters, be sure to wear a helmet to protect yourself from fatal brain injuries. Statistics prove how important helmets are. Florida repealed its helmet law in 2002. In first 30 months after that decision, authorities reported 40% more hospitalizations and 24% more fatalities when compared with the 30 months before the law was repealed.
