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05-04-2008, 02:46 PM
Sun, 4 May 2008 13:08:09 EDT
Crashes involving motorcycles have risen 97 percent in Georgia over the past six years, while fatalities are up 147 percent, the Governor's Office of Highway Safety says. The figures were released in conjunction with Gov. Sonny Perdue's declaration of May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, a safety push promoted by both the state and ABATE of Georgia, a motorcyclist group. The campaign is timed with the spring season when many motorcycle enthusiasts hit the roads. In 2006, 148 motorcyclists died on Georgia roads and another 3,082 were injured, the department said. More than two-thirds of those crashes were caused by drivers of other vehicles — primarily by car or truck drivers who either did not see the motorcycle or saw it too late to avoid a collision.
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Crashes involving motorcycles have risen 97 percent in Georgia over the past six years, while fatalities are up 147 percent, the Governor's Office of Highway Safety says. The figures were released in conjunction with Gov. Sonny Perdue's declaration of May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, a safety push promoted by both the state and ABATE of Georgia, a motorcyclist group. The campaign is timed with the spring season when many motorcycle enthusiasts hit the roads. In 2006, 148 motorcyclists died on Georgia roads and another 3,082 were injured, the department said. More than two-thirds of those crashes were caused by drivers of other vehicles — primarily by car or truck drivers who either did not see the motorcycle or saw it too late to avoid a collision.
More... (http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/05/04/motorcycles_0505.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13)