Tips in Preventing Motorcycle Injuries
Safety in riding motorcycles in order to prevent injuries is a
very critical issue especially during the peak of motorcycle
season. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons are very
much concerned about this issue since there are almost always a
lot of motorcycle accidents happening at least one every few
days. Most injuries noted from the people brought in the Level
One Trauma Units range from serious musculoskeletal injuries,
open fractures and head traumas from motorcycle accidents. The
increasing accidents are linked to the increased number of
motorcycles on the road. Records show that since 1997,
motorcycles sales increased to more than 90%. Last 2001,
motorcycles represented only 2.2 percent of all registered
vehicles in the United States and accounted for 0.34 percent of
vehicle miles traveled. However, crashes involving motorcycles
accounted for 7.6 percent of total traffic fatalities on
America's roadways. As recently reported by the US Department of
Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA), in 2002 there were 42,815 fatalities from motorcycle
accidents. What