What we need to know about crashes

[Stumpy6Guns]

This podcast is well worth listening to. It points out the major causes of motorcycle crashes, and what we can do to reduce our risk. Spoiler- 28% of motorcycle/automobile crashes are caused by the car making a left turn into the path of the bike.

http://motorcyclementor.com/mmp-11-...-motorcycle-rider-should-know-about-crashing/

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

This podcast is well worth listening to. It points out the major causes of motorcycle crashes, and what we can do to reduce our risk. Spoiler- 28% of motorcycle/automobile crashes are caused by the car making a left turn into the path of the bike.

http://motorcyclementor.com/mmp-11-...-motorcycle-rider-should-know-about-crashing/

Here are some numbers I posted last fall. http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/...Syder-Ryders&p=1045508&viewfull=1#post1045508. I didn't listen to the podcast completely, but what I did hear it sounds like the numbers are somewhat the same. Rider error is the greatest cause of m/c fatalities. 79% of m/c accidents did not involve a car violating the m/c's right-of-way! The startling fact is that rider training can reduce fatalities by 89%. The Spyder community, especially Spyder Ryders of America, need to dump the "let's just ryde" attitude and get serious about training.

 

[ARtraveler]

Good information. Be careful out there. :thumbup:

 

[Stumpy6Guns]

Here are some numbers I posted last fall. http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/...Syder-Ryders&p=1045508&viewfull=1#post1045508. I didn't listen to the podcast completely, but what I did hear it sounds like the numbers are somewhat the same. Rider error is the greatest cause of m/c fatalities. 79% of m/c accidents did not involve a car violating the m/c's right-of-way! The startling fact is that rider training can reduce fatalities by 89%. The Spyder community, especially Spyder Ryders of America, need to dump the "let's just ryde" attitude and get serious about training.

:agree:

0ne in five accidents were right-of-way violations, which is a stunning percentage! I will be equipped my RT-L with headlight and brake light modulators soon.

I am also taken aback by the over-representation of us older ryders. Facts are facts- and with age comes diminished visual acuity, slower reactions, and a higher degree of bull-headedness. All of these can be addressed by training. Our local Spyder Ryders chapter had a Spyder Safety Day last weekend that was very informative, and I am glad that I attended it. I am looking for more 3-wheel specific training, because I want to be around for a good long while yet!

 

[Chupaca]

Agree...

Good information. Be careful out there. :thumbup:

:agree:...trust no one to do the right thing out there....you only have the clothes on your back to protect you.....:lecturef_smilie:

 

[SpyFyg-2]

As motorcyclists, we need to be ever vigilant. Hubby was involved in a motorcycle accident today. He was riding our Honda Reflex 250 scooter and on his way back to work from lunch. The Reflex is the bright yellow and hubby wears the hi-visibility green for his job. He pulled up behind a pick up at a 4-way stop sign. They were southbound. A tow truck with a flat bed was west bound and making a right turn to go north. To give him more room for the turn, the guy in the pick up started backing up. Hubby was just pulling up behind him and was at least 4 plus feet behind him when he started backing up. He started shouting at the pickup driver and backing up the scooter. There was an extra long hitch on the pickup. The hitch went in through the front fender and into the right side panels. They had to unclip the hitch from the receiver to get the scooter unstuck. The driver of the pickup said he did not see him, not even in the backup camera and he said the back up alarm didn't go off. Thank goodness Dick was paying attention, just couldn't react quick enough. No one was hurt but the Reflex is going to need new parts. He knew the police officer and told him thank goodness he wasn't driving his Spyder!! That would've been really bad!!! :yikes:

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

As motorcyclists, we need to be ever vigilant. Hubby was involved in a motorcycle accident today. He was riding our Honda Reflex 250 scooter and on his way back to work from lunch. The Reflex is the bright yellow and hubby wears the hi-visibility green for his job. He pulled up behind a pick up at a 4-way stop sign. They were southbound. A tow truck with a flat bed was west bound and making a right turn to go north. To give him more room for the turn, the guy in the pick up started backing up. Hubby was just pulling up behind him and was at least 4 plus feet behind him when he started backing up. He started shouting at the pickup driver and backing up the scooter. There was an extra long hitch on the pickup. The hitch went in through the front fender and into the right side panels. They had to unclip the hitch from the receiver to get the scooter unstuck. The driver of the pickup said he did not see him, not even in the backup camera and he said the back up alarm didn't go off. Thank goodness Dick was paying attention, just couldn't react quick enough. No one was hurt but the Reflex is going to need new parts. He knew the police officer and told him thank goodness he wasn't driving his Spyder!! That would've been really bad!!! :yikes:

Such a potential situation is one reason I put the air horns on my Spyder! :gaah:

 

[SPECTACUALR SPIDERMAN]

i find there are no true accidents, they occur by people who are careless, stupid or just plain a**h*les.
"oh, i didn't see you there" "oh, i was just texting for a second" "oh, i didn't know she would put her hand down my pants"
whatever the excuse it could have been avoided if you took driving/riding more seriously. i find this true with all
so called accidents.

 

[BoilerAnimal]

Part of the problem with driving in general is the public's tendency to refer to "unplanned" contact with another vehicle or object as an "accident". That conveys the fact that the occurrence was beyond someones control. I think that it's time to quit calling these incidents accidents and start calling them what they really are...........crashes or wrecks.

They are the result of lack of attention on someone's part and are preventable! Whether it's not paying attention to surroundings or to needed maintenance, taking chances, the result of drug use, legal or otherwise, lack of rest or a thousand other things, it all comes down to our actions. You may suffer the results of your actions or may be on the receiving end of someone else's.

I've sat through hours and hours of safety training for work and there is one recurring theme...........ALL "ACCIDENTS" ARE PREVENTABLE!!!

 

[SPECTACUALR SPIDERMAN]

Part of the problem with driving in general is the public's tendency to refer to "unplanned" contact with another vehicle or object as an "accident". That conveys the fact that the occurrence was beyond someones control. I think that it's time to quit calling these incidents accidents and start calling them what they really are...........crashes or wrecks.

They are the result of lack of attention on someone's part and are preventable! Whether it's not paying attention to surroundings or to needed maintenance, taking chances, the result of drug use, legal or otherwise, lack of rest or a thousand other things, it all comes down to our actions. You may suffer the results of your actions or may be on the receiving end of someone else's.

I've sat through hours and hours of safety training for work and there is one recurring theme...........ALL "ACCIDENTS" ARE PREVENTABLE!!!

my point exactly

 

[seaweed]

Hubby was just pulling up behind him and was at least 4 plus feet behind him when he started backing up. He started shouting at the pickup driver and backing up the scooter. ! :yikes:

I try to leave at least 20 to 30 feet between my Spyder or cage and the vehicle in front of me at stop lights and stop signs. This will hopefully prevent me from being sandwiched between vehicles if hit from behind, it also helps give me an escape route.