Lois and Tors Motorcycle Weblog

The number of motorcyclist crash-related fatalities has more than doubled during the past 10 years. In the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) P.L. 109-59, Congress directed the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a comprehensive study of the causes of motorcycle crashes.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [...]

Passengers are usually at the mercy of the rider's good sense, or sometimes the lack thereof.  Many passengers don't know better.  So much is written on riding a bike, so many classes are offered for riders, yet very little is offered for passengers.

With that, here are my suggestions for passengers:

Wear [...]

This is just incredible. A compilation of retards busting red lights left and right. I am speechless…….

Motorcycle fatalities declined last year for the first time in 11 years, a safety group reports today. Such deaths had been rising while nearly every other category of traffic death went down.

Based on preliminary data from the 50 states and the District of Columbia, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) is projecting [...]

You can never get enough safety stuff on your bike, and so decided to add some serious lights to complement the stock brake light on the ST1300.

I ended up using the Whelen TIR3 High Intensity LED's. They are extremely bright, and should solve the potential problem of not being seen when at a [...]

The latest government sponsored safety effort is good news for motorcycle enthusiasts, but not so much for chatty drivers.

As part of its continuing effort to combat distracted driving, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is kicking off pilot programs in Hartford, Connecticut and Syracuse, New York to [...]