Risk Management Magazine

Exactly six months after I bought my first motorcycle, I had my first accident. It’s a day I’ll never forget.

After nearly two decades of riding, my confidence level when operating a motorcycle is quite high. Having experience in varied conditions — from clear and sunny, rainy and overcast, hot and muggy, cold and snowy, and the bliss that is 68 degrees and light clouds — I just love the time spent in the saddle.

Realizing we were going to collide, I kicked out my leg to protect my wife’s leg. My leg struck his front rim, causing his motorcycle to flip back to the right. He lost his grip on the handlebars and immediately low-sided the bike on the left, crushing his left ankle.