Excerpt from: Motorcycle Lawyer
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| October 13, 2008 | | No One Knows Why | I don't like to repeat a post, but I just again finished looking at the astounding number of deaths in Northern California among motorcycle riders.
While the CHP is emphasizing that the death rate is approaching what it was before mandatory helmets, the truth is that no one knows why the increase.
Some say older riders can't handle the faster bikes as they return to motorcycling after a few decades out of the sport.
Others blame new riders, who are trained to handle new bikes.
Another theory blames drives of automobiles, who can't seem to stop pulling out in front of motorcyclists, and changing lanes into them. Still others say that there are more motorcycles on the road, as people switch to the high mileage alternative offered by motorcycles.
Whatever the cause, this is a major, serious, problem. It may be one cause, it may be several, it may be all of the above. Certainly something needs to be done.
In the meantime, as riders we need to be ever more alert, more careful, and do whatever we can to reverse this deadly trend.
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