Risk Management Magazine

How often do you see a professional on TV do something tricky and make it look easy? You know what usually precedes the stunt — a narrator warns, “Do not try this at home.” Do you suppose there’s a good reason they give these warnings?

I was raised in the country, where the lack of immediate entertainment left most of us kids looking for hobbies. Mine was motorcycles. I started riding at the young age of 5; and by the time I was 8, I’d worked myself up to the Honda XR75.

I remember it like it was yesterday — the day I nearly killed myself and my best friend while driving to a favorite turkey-hunting spot.