First drop in motorcycle related deaths in a decade, are we really any safer?
 

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In a preliminary report, the <a href="http://www.ghsa.org/">Governors Highway Safety Association</a> recently indicated a 10% drop in motorcycle related fatalities around the U.S. in 2009. This decline marks the first such improvement in over a decade as deaths have been on the rise consistently from 1997 onward.<br />
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Are we really seeing improvement in motorcycle safety, equipment and riding ability? Likely not. As the old saying goes, numbers don't lie, and the drop in fatal injury's comes on the heels of the most extreme <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/09/writing-on-the-wall-yamaha-raising-funds-for-alternative-engine/">decline in motorcycle sales</a> in recent history, which no doubt helped put the brakes on the awful upward trend.<br />
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The report goes on to attribute everything from the economy and aging baby boomers to increased training efforts from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation from coast-to-coast. Oh yeah, and we almost forgot the bad weather! Although it may seem that the GHSA can't seem to pick a clear cut reason for the drop, we can only hope history will not repeat itself in this instance, allowing this positive trend to continue. To see the full report and suggestions for increased safety, hit the jump for the release.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://hellforleathermagazine.co m/">Hell For Leather</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/27/first-drop-in-motorcycle-related-deaths-in-a-decade-are-we-real/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>First drop in motorcycle related deaths in a decade, are we really any safer?</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/27/first-drop-in-motorcycle-related-deaths-in-a-decade-are-we-real/">First drop in motorcycle related deaths in a decade, are we really any safer?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:33:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/27/first-drop-in-motorcycle-related-deaths-in-a-decade-are-we-real/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19455215/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/27/first-drop-in-motorcycle-related-deaths-in-a-decade-are-we-real/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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