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There seem to be a number of posts about get-offs and such. Today's Seattle Times contributes a non-news news story to the conversation by breathlessly proclaiming that . . .
Motorcycle ridership grows; rider death rate grows faster
It's about the predictable stuff . . . lead in about a bonehead riding without an endorsement or training and crashing a bike twenty minutes after buying it. But tucked in to the tripe is a mention of some statistics generated by a panel put together by the State of Washington that are worth paying attention to . . .
In the past six weeks, I've taken (again) the Lee Parks total control class and participated in an instructed track day, both put on by Puget Sound Safety. These guys do a terrific job, and Bret, the guy who is the owner can do things on an FJR (2005) that make your eyes pop. Worth every penny. He emphasizes in all his classes now this same piece of research and has made it a kind of personal mission to get it in people's heads that you have to learn how to manage your ride so that you're in your lane of travel: pick good lines, don't out-ride your line of site or ability, look through the turn . . . all the basic stuff we all nod about.
I pass all this along just as a reminder and encouragement to all of us.
Safe riding.
If you're interested, you can download the pdf of the full report at https://www.dol.wa.gov/about/reports/mototaskforce.pdf.
There seem to be a number of posts about get-offs and such. Today's Seattle Times contributes a non-news news story to the conversation by breathlessly proclaiming that . . .
Motorcycle ridership grows; rider death rate grows faster
It's about the predictable stuff . . . lead in about a bonehead riding without an endorsement or training and crashing a bike twenty minutes after buying it. But tucked in to the tripe is a mention of some statistics generated by a panel put together by the State of Washington that are worth paying attention to . . .
The part that caught my eye is the number one cause, inability to stay in the lane of travel, which was cited in 60% of the crashes.
In the past six weeks, I've taken (again) the Lee Parks total control class and participated in an instructed track day, both put on by Puget Sound Safety. These guys do a terrific job, and Bret, the guy who is the owner can do things on an FJR (2005) that make your eyes pop. Worth every penny. He emphasizes in all his classes now this same piece of research and has made it a kind of personal mission to get it in people's heads that you have to learn how to manage your ride so that you're in your lane of travel: pick good lines, don't out-ride your line of site or ability, look through the turn . . . all the basic stuff we all nod about.
I pass all this along just as a reminder and encouragement to all of us.
Safe riding.
If you're interested, you can download the pdf of the full report at https://www.dol.wa.gov/about/reports/mototaskforce.pdf.
