Community Motorcycle Ride in Texas Seeks to Raise Awareness
In Lubbock, TX, the community has launched a campaign called See Us Save Us to raise awareness on motorcycle safety. The campaign’s organizer, Deanna Jandrew stated that she launched the organization creating the campaign after a close friend was killed in a motorcycle accident. The organization conducted a motorcycle ride throughout Lubbock this past Saturday in an effort to educate the public on motorcycle safety and to pay more attention to the roadways in order to prevent any accidents.
Not only do riders have to deal with other drivers but also with poor road construction and hazards in the roads. The campaign organizer said one of the major causes of accidents between cars and motorcycles is that the drivers of the cars are not paying enough attention to the bikes.
One key point that the campaign organizer made was that a majority of accidents occur because of younger riders that get their first bike. Statistics have shown that a little over 300 accidents involving a motorcycle and a car involved riders that ranged in age between 16 to 20 years of age. In general, most accidents involving a motorcycle are a result of excessive speed or poor handling of motorcycles. The riders involved in this community ride were carrying 9 crosses as symbols for the 9 riders that lost their lives in the Lubbock area. That is the biggest tragedy in any accident, let alone motorcycle accidents. Fatalities in automobile accidents continue to rise because of various causes. This community ride could prove to be a good way to raise awareness for motorcycle riders so that they can maintain some sense of safety on the road.
