Political Quotes

“the Bureau of Transportation Statistics tells us that almost 5 million motorcycles are registered to operate on America's roadways, covering almost 17 million miles per year. Many more are used off-road, and some estimates put the actual number of riders at up to 20 million. All these Americans choose to ride motorcycles either for recreation or for their primary means of transportation, and every year the number of Americans on motorcycles increases. As that number increases, so does the number of accidents, including fatal accidents. Yet we are falling tragically behind in training these individuals to ride safely. The single best way to avoid injuries, fatalities, high insurance costs, lawsuits, medical costs and all the other factors that come into play is by avoiding the accidents in the first place. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in its Motorcycle Safety Program issued in January 2003, said: 'Crash prevention . . . offers the greatest potential safety benefit for motorcyclists.' And the single best way to avoid accidents is to provide safety training. Training works. Untrained riders have accidents, and trained riders do not. It is really as simple as that. A study of the California Motorcyclist Safety Program designed by Dr. John Billheimer and completed in 1996 found that rider training dramatically reduces accidents, and thus eliminates injuries and fatalities.”