Posted On:
July 20, 2009
Chicago: The number of motorcycle accidents is going up
The Chicago Sun-times recently published a report which revealed that there has been an increase in the number of motorycle related accidents.
According to the article the reason the number of accidents has increased is that there are more people riding motorycles. The increase in gas prices is a motivating factor in why people are choosing to ride motorcycles instead of driving cars.
Other studies reveal that of motorcycle riders who have been involved accidents, ninety-two percent have had no formal motorcyle training.
Riders who make too wide turns are the cause of most single vehicle motorycle accidents.
In Illinois, almost 50% of the motorcycle accident that resulted in deaths, were caused by riders who had been drinking.
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