Anyone who has ridden a motorcycle for any length of time already knows that getting into a traffic accident on a bike is no picnic. Even if one is fully equipped, with helmet riding leathers, full-coverage boots and thick gloves, the risk of broken bones, compound fractures and head or…
Prime bicycling weather is all but behind us for this year, but there are always a handful of stalwart bike riders traveling the roadways in and around Rockville, Annapolis, Washington, D.C., and Hagerstown well into the colder months. As such, it would not be ill-advised to throw out this warning…
Motorcycling here in Maryland, whether one is a full-time rider or fair-weather cruiser, can be a rewarding albeit risky pastime. Although most of the road-going public prefers to travel by passenger car, city bus or taxi cab, bikers are a breed unto themselves. Unfortunately, the very thing that makes riding…
Although the driving public at large may feel differently, the sometimes common perception that motorcycle crashes are a result of aggressive driving on the part of the motorcyclist. Frankly, most bikers are actually rather good riders who enjoy their chosen mode of transportation very seriously; enjoying it both as a…
Though it’s getting a bit late in the bicycling season, it’s never too late to talk safety — especially when biking and pedestrian traffic accidents have been so much in the news this year. For those people who have been injured in biking accidents involving automobiles and commercial trucks, you…
Lives lost as a result of senseless traffic accidents is a sad and tragic fact of life these days here in Maryland and Washington, D.C. Whether it’s a family losing a father or mother, or a wife’s loss of a husband to a commercial trucking wreck, there are no words…
The odds of being killed in a car, motorcycle or commercial trucking accident are somewhat less than those of being severely injured as a result of another driver’s negligence, but the risk still remains. As motorcycle riders know too well, injury or death are just part of the landscape when…
As most parents will attest, seeing one’s child become old enough to ride a bike can be both satisfying and nerve-racking at the same time. Especially these days in cities like Rockville, Annapolis and Washington, D.C., that are densely packed and fraught with potential dangers, parents would be justified in…
It’s a good guess that here in Baltimore almost many people know somebody who owns or rides a bicycle in the city from time to time. Of those people, there is a pretty good chance that someone knows a cyclist who has either had a close call with a motor…
Doing the right thing doesn’t always mean that you will avoid serious problems in your life. Motorcycle riders, like many people who engage in risky sports or hobbies understand that a traffic accident may be just moments away or around the next bend; or even waiting for them at the…