No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service - Motorcycle Safety That May Save Your Life
Everyone has had a time when some guy on a motorcycle has been driving on a road near them and has done some pretty dangerous things. For example, a cyclist may have been weaving in and out of traffic; another may have been driving too fast; still another may have simply been driving without any protective gear. Moreover, motorcycling has become a dangerous activity.
If you have your heart set on riding a motorcycle, you must wear the right safety gear. Safety gear, may not look as cool as riding free, but it also doesn't look to cool when you've been in a serious accident and have body parts that are literally hanging off of you either. Safety should be your first priority. Helmets, thick pants, boots and gloves will help keep a bad accident from becoming a horrific accident and can also keep any accident from becoming fatal.
There is no reason not to protect yourself if you're on a motorcycle. However, there are many reasons why people on a motorcycle should protect themselves when thinking about the other people they share the road with. By not wearing the right kind of equipment, motorcyclists actually end up making the road more dangerous for everybody. Drivers in cars have to change the way they are driving so as to try to avoid these reckless people, and it can lead to other accidents, more traffic, collisions and all kinds of problems.
Accidents are not just bad news for those who are involved in them. Accidents affect everyone else too. They waste other people's time when traffic jams occur, the raise car insurance premiums that everyone has to pay, they raise medical insurance costs for everyone, and not to mention they causes messes that must be cleaned up by tax payers. So when safety isn't first, everyone is affected.
The honest truth is that you will not be able to control your own safety entirely. There are some things that are just out of everyone's hands that even the most experienced and safest rider would not be able to avoid. The weather, the condition of the roadways, as well as the situation involving another driver, are all things that are out of the hands of the cyclist.
However, considering all of that, you should still take the necessary precautions to protect yourself in every way. You can't control other people or nature, but you can control yourself and thereby put yourself into the best position possible to not only ensure your life, but the lives of other drivers on the roads. - 2368
If you have your heart set on riding a motorcycle, you must wear the right safety gear. Safety gear, may not look as cool as riding free, but it also doesn't look to cool when you've been in a serious accident and have body parts that are literally hanging off of you either. Safety should be your first priority. Helmets, thick pants, boots and gloves will help keep a bad accident from becoming a horrific accident and can also keep any accident from becoming fatal.
There is no reason not to protect yourself if you're on a motorcycle. However, there are many reasons why people on a motorcycle should protect themselves when thinking about the other people they share the road with. By not wearing the right kind of equipment, motorcyclists actually end up making the road more dangerous for everybody. Drivers in cars have to change the way they are driving so as to try to avoid these reckless people, and it can lead to other accidents, more traffic, collisions and all kinds of problems.
Accidents are not just bad news for those who are involved in them. Accidents affect everyone else too. They waste other people's time when traffic jams occur, the raise car insurance premiums that everyone has to pay, they raise medical insurance costs for everyone, and not to mention they causes messes that must be cleaned up by tax payers. So when safety isn't first, everyone is affected.
The honest truth is that you will not be able to control your own safety entirely. There are some things that are just out of everyone's hands that even the most experienced and safest rider would not be able to avoid. The weather, the condition of the roadways, as well as the situation involving another driver, are all things that are out of the hands of the cyclist.
However, considering all of that, you should still take the necessary precautions to protect yourself in every way. You can't control other people or nature, but you can control yourself and thereby put yourself into the best position possible to not only ensure your life, but the lives of other drivers on the roads. - 2368
About the Author:
Dorthy Weatherbush does not ride motorcycles but your husband does. So she bought him some safety gear from Cycle Gear. The also have an online shop at CycleGear.com where Dorthy tries to keep up with the latest and greatest in motorcycle gear for her husband.
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