Two seconds Pyle, two seconds! Anyone who has ever attended even a basic motorcycle rider training course has heard this – keep a 2-second safe following distance. This will give you time to react to emergency situations. How do you …
Category: risk management
Motorcycle Melee wants all riders to avoid motorcycle crashes and live to ride as long as possible. In this episode of Motorcycle Melee’s Collision Avoidance Tips to Live By we talk about stopping at stop signs, what to look for …
You’ve been there. Riding down a multi-lane road and a vehicle suddenly swerves into your lane. Their response is often, “Sorry, I didn’t see you.” Today’s Proactive Collision Avoidance Top of the Day is to use your situational awareness to …
For people who ride to and from work, the 2015 Yamaha FZ-09 may be a good option. I bought my FZ-09 in March 2016 and in just 4 months have logged over 7,000 miles. The main drawback for commuters on …
The phone in the left hand, at the left ear – blocking the driver’s vision…yet they’re still merging into your lane?
Motorcycle Melee’s Proactive Collision Avoidance: Tip of the Day. Common sense tells us that cars are bigger than our motorcycle – so let’s try to avoid crashing into them, OK?
Well just when you think you’re prepared for the wide range of dangers something new pops up. I experienced a 3-kid hooligan team that I thought was into my motorcycle, instead they were just out for a day’s worth of …
So motorcycle safety is for new riders, is it? Check out Evel Knievel and Peter Fonda’s take on motorcycle safety. Their insight into motorcycle gear, situational awareness, lane positioning, practicing skills and collision avoidance is timeless. Enjoy this throwback video …
“What’chya doing dad?” Watching motorcycle crash videos. “That’s morbid!” This was a brief conversation I had with my adult daughter while she was visiting us from Maine a few weeks ago. I was sitting on the couch on a lazy …
Trying to avoid a bug speeding toward you at 75 MPH is impossible. I know this because last Friday while riding home from work a large suicide bug tried to take me out. As I was enjoying my highway ride …