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A new law that may kill you (if you live in West Virginia)!

Wearing a helmet can break your neck?  How about the fact that not wearing a helmet can result in instant death?!  Yeah, the latter is definitely a little more aligned with reality. According to Cathleen Moxley of WSAZ.com, there is a bill making its way through the West Virginia Senate that would make it legal … Read more

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New Year’s Resolution – Preventing Tragedy

So I’ve been pondering for days how I should approach this article.  Should I ease into the topic at hand or jump straight into the deep end?  Should I go into as much detail as possible or just enough to get the point across?  Should I blast those who deserve to be called out or … Read more

Impaired (Part 1)

This is the first of four articles covering riding while impaired.  Over the course of the next four weeks, we’ll be covering the four major causes of impairment, the consequences, and what to do to make sure you don’t become a statistic.  Before we get into it, this entire series is Dedicated to the memory … Read more

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Outsmarting Murphy

The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting longer, and even when the sun is shining bright, it’s noticeably colder today compared to a month ago (excluding Southern California, apparently). Considering the turn of seasons that we’ve all been experiencing, there are still plenty of us that ride all year—no matter what mood Mother … Read more

Flipping The Lid

Helmets save lives. What you don’t know could kill you. Get comfortable and read on… We’ve come a long way from the thin leather or pith head covers of yesteryear, now protecting our brains with what in those times would have looked like something dreamed up by Orson Welles for the War of The Worlds; … Read more

Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Venn Diagram

Motorcycle Safety and Awareness – Not as Simple as it May Seem

As a daily motorcycle rider for over 12 years, and an EMT for 10 years, I have seen too many riders lose their lives due to circumstances that could have been prevented, many of whom I have known personally. Given my background and being that I’m fed up of seeing lives needlessly lost, I have … Read more

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