Here you will find safety Tips and Video's on Motorcycle Safety & Awareness. I am new to the Safety and Education Program with Great River ABATE so over the next few months, I will be adding information that is very important to the safety of motorcyclist's. My hope is that not only ABATE members and other riders visit this page but the public as well.
The safety of motorcyclist's is the responsibility of both riders and drivers!
I recently attended the ABATE of Illinois State Seminar in Springfield, below are just a few of the statistics that were provided to us during our 2 classroom sessions.
In 2008 Illinois Sw an increase in registered motorcycles, from 304,038 in 2007 to 347,300 in 2008 that is 43,262 more motorcycles on the road in 2008. A 12% increase from 2007.
We also saw an increase in the number of registered motorcyclists. In 2007 there were 599,057 M class liceneses in 2007 and 614,682 in 2008. A 3% increase from 2007
In 2007 there were 1,126 motorcycle crashes and in 2008 there were 950. That is a decrease of 176 or 16% fewer motorcycle crashes.
in 2007, 157 motorcyclists' were killed and in 2008 135 motorcyclists' were killed. During that time 22 fewer motorcyclists' were killed in Illinois. That is 14% fewer deaths than in 2007.
These numbers rell us that programs like ABATE of Illinois' Safety and Awareness Program and the Cycle Rider Safety Training Program work. Making new drivers aware of motorcycles on the road helps save lives.
