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Motorcycle Accident Deaths Rise in Tennessee
Posted on May 12, 2009
Motorcycle fatalities in Tennessee have increased three fold in the past 10 years. In 2008, 143 people were fatally injured in motorcycle accidents. Just 10 years earlier in 1998 the number of deaths due to motorcycle crashes was 42. In response to this 340% increase in fatal motorcycle accidents, the Tennessee Highway Patrol has launched a Share the Road campaign to remind drivers to watch out for motorcyclists.
One in every seven fatalities due to crashes in 2008 involved a motorcycle rider. The Governor's Highway Safety Office Director Kendell Poole stated, "This steady increase over the past decade represents one of our greatest highway safety challenges." According to the Tennessean, Poole went on to say, "It is clear that drivers need to be extra cautious."
Cindy Davidson, with the Tennessee Motorcycle Awareness Foundation (TMAF) said, "Often the motorcyclist is not at fault in fatal crashes. Most car drivers aren't trained to look out for motorcycles." Davidson went on to say, that the most common response of the driver of an automobile involved with a motorcycle is, "I didn't see the motorcycle."
TMAF was formed by motorcycle riders who have either been in accidents themselves or have lost a loved one in a motorcycle crash.
Most drivers of automobiles do not realize that motorcycles have the right of way. The motorcycle organization teaches drivers to constantly be on the lookout for motorcyclist who they share the road with equally. A motorcycle can easily slip into a automobile driver's blind spot. Drivers should always actually look out the window before changing lanes.
"You want to be sure that one of us is not right next to you," Davidson stated.
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