AMA Backs Congress on Motorcycle Study

August 2, 2005

  • August 3, 2005 at 3:00 am
    Shirley Cole says:
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    As an insurance agent as well as a motorcycle rider, I strongly recommend this study. All states need to be encouraged to draft a strick licensing law requiring tough training courses before licensing to operate a motorcycle. As a resident of Virginia, I applaud them on the training course they require prior to licensing. It’s a very strick course and not an easy one to pass. No license is issued without passing the course. All states need to start stopping cyclists to ensure they do in fact carry a valid motorcycle license, and if not, they need to impose a very strict fine.

  • August 3, 2005 at 3:15 am
    Dragr says:
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    Having been a claims person for over 30 years, and a rider for the last two, I look forward to the results of the report with mixed anticipation.

    Anything that raises ALL drivers awareness of the bikers’ risk is a good thing.

    Any program that requires bikers to complete a safety course (such as the MSF) is a good thing.

    Laws requiring helmets raise “Rights” issues, but IMHO, it is just common sense utilize as much protection as possible. (We in the insurance industry being especially aware of the concept of “risk retention.”)

    Will this study perhaps result in more available medical coverage for bikers? I doubt it.

    What I fear is that this will be another tax-funded Federal study to tell us what the aforementioned Common Sense already ought to.

    “There are Old Bikers;
    And, there are Bold Bikers.
    But, there are no Old, Bold Bikers.”

  • August 3, 2005 at 5:48 am
    Big Bear says:
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    There is little common sense in letting anyone who can come up with $10,000 (or less, for a used bike)and pass a simple skills test buy a 150 hp bike that weighs 400 pounds and goes 150 or 160 mph. Europe has a ‘structured’ approach to licensing motorcyclists that limits the size/hp of motorcycle younger, less experienced riders can operate. Thats not a concept the dealers here would necessarily embrace, but common sense would seem to lead to the conclusion that such a structured licensing system would reduce accidents, injuries and fatalities.



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