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New data highlights the safety benefits of motorcycle helmets

Since motorcycles are significantly smaller and slimmer than the grand majority of cars and trucks on the road, they are often the ones most critically damaged in a crash. Motorcycle accidents can also expose their riders to a greater risk of injury, since they do not have the protective benefit of a car’s outer shell. …

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Rose Parade Honors Generosity Given after Motorcycle Crash Saved Boy’s Life

Accidents can lead to pain, suffering and a long list of expensive medical bills, but when a motorcycle is involved, the injuries are even worse and can often lead to a fatality. When someone is killed by another’s negligence in a motorcycle accident, families are often left with funeral expenses, loss of income, medical expenses …

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CA Lawmakers Try to Decrease Motorcycle Accidents with More Safety Training

As we have mentioned over and over again, many accidents involving motorcycles often lead to serious injury or even death. Motorcycles are harder to see in traffic and do not provide a lot of protection when they are involved in a motorcycle accident. Crashes are often caused by the drivers of larger automobiles who fail …

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Electronic Bridge May Help Paralyzed Walk after Spinal Cord Injury: Part 2

In part one of this series, a new device was explained that could possibly aid people paralyzed in some accident like a motorcycle accident, either partially or completely, once again walk. The new electronic neural bridge was presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting that was held approximately two weeks ago, but the research presented …

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Electronic Bridge May Help Paralyzed Walk after Spinal Cord Injury: Part 1

We talked last week how helmets can help protect the brain from serious injury during an accident, but traumatic brain injuries are not the only injury caused. Spinal cord injuries often occur in motorcycle accidents when the driver is thrown from the small vehicle. While a helmet may protect the brain, it does not protect …

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MOST WANTED: Mandatory Helmets for Motorcycles and Bicycles

The National Transportation Safety Board has its own list of most wanted criminals. The criminals are not people, but safety improvements or laws that they think should be implemented to prevent serious injury or death. Mandatory helmet use has been added to the most wanted list as researchers are finding more and more serious brain …

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California Motorcycle Safety in the Hands of MSF’s New VP, Robert Gladden

The Motorcycle Safety Foundation announced the promotion of Robert Gladden, an advocate of motorcycle safety and a life-long motorcycle enthusiast, to Vice President of the foundation. Gladden will hold the safety of California motorists in his hands as he has been given the task of overseeing the people who manage the California Motorcyclist Safety Program …

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Fatal Motorcycle Crash on Highway 101 in downtown Santa Rosa

CHP report that this morning at approximately 9:00 a.m. a motorcyclist collided with a van in the southbound lanes of Highway 101 just north of the Mendocino Avenue overpass. According to police, the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Initial reports are still coming in, so no determination has yet been …

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