Comments on: May is motorcycle safety month

By: Danne

Danne — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 02:08:31 +0000

There should be mandatory training for anyone who wants to drive a motorcycle. I have seen a lot of reckless bikers – usually speeding.

Great article on motorcycle safety:

http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/newsandupdates/european_motorcycle_safety_study/index.html

By: anon

anon — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:41:27 +0000

The ad by itself works. I was addressing the author of this blog post who used an example of a showboat motorcyclist killing himself due to his own unsafe acts, which has absolutely nothing to do with the message of the ad which is directed towards 4-wheeled vehicle drivers urging them to look twice for, and share the road with motorcyclists.

The blogger writes “this collision underscores…”. Well, there was a collision, but it was between the unsafe motorcyclist and a tree. The ad is not directed towards trees to share the road with motorcyclists!

All I’m saying is I think the story about the motorcyclist killing himself at the beginning of this post was a poor choice by the author (Tony Sermonti). There are plenty of examples of 4 (or more) -wheeled vehicle drivers killing motorcyclists that would have illustrated the point of the ad much better.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 12 May 2010 04:39:17 +0000

Seems to me like motorcyclists AND car drivers have a role to play. It’s not about one or the other. I saw the ad the other day in Seattle. It got my attention.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 12 May 2010 00:06:34 +0000

You lead off with a banner, seemingly aimed towards four-wheeled vehicle drivers, about looking twice for and sharing the road with motorcyclists, but then you illustrate with a tale of a show-off who was speeding and riding wheelies and killing himself due to his own actions?

Hey, I agree with the message but couldn’t you have used a better example to illustrate the point? These seem kind of disjointed…