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Reducing Your Risk on the Road
16 Apr 2023

Reducing Your Risk on the Road

Several years ago, I experienced an event that altered my family’s life. While riding my Harley-Davidson Road King, I was struck head-on by a pickup truck. From my perspective, there was nothing I could have done to prevent this accident. On the other hand, the young man driving the pickup could have done several things differently, most notably, recognizing the right of way.

Identifying Unsafe Motorcycle Helmets

Identifying Unsafe Motorcycle Helmets

It’s clear motorcycle helmets save lives. To help protect the lives of riders, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) requires all motorcycle helmets sold in the United States meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 218. This standard defines minimum levels of performance that helmets must meet to protect the head and brain in the event of a crash.

  • 9 April 2023
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Read and React

Read and React

Motorcycling is a lifelong learning process. Far too often riders think after a few years and a few thousand miles that they know it all. That concept can be fatal.

  • 1 April 2023
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Think Before You Act

Think Before You Act

For several years, the U.S. Army has experienced an increase in Soldiers dying in off-duty mishaps. Whether they were driving a vehicle, riding a motorcycle, swimming, walking or handling a privately owned weapon, one thing always seems to ring true: either the mishap Soldier or another individual did not apply real-time risk management (RM) before engaging in that off-duty activity.

  • 1 April 2023
  • Author: USACRC Editor
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Good Training Pays Off

Good Training Pays Off

It was my girlfriend’s birthday and I wanted to surprise her by riding my Suzuki GSX-R1000 to Atlanta from Valdosta, Georgia. To get an early start, I cranked up my bike at 2 a.m. and headed up Interstate 75 North. Little did I know it was going to be a very short trip.

  • 26 March 2023
  • Author: USACRC Editor
  • Number of views: 194
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Riding to the Edge

Riding to the Edge

We’d been home about 15 minutes when my phone rang. On the other end of the line, I heard my wife’s trembling voice. Before I could speak, she told me Hector was killed in a riding accident. My fears hardened into reality as she gave me the facts.

  • 19 March 2023
  • Author: USACRC Editor
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