Motorcycles

I always wanted a motorcycle when I was growing up in Missouri, but my dad wouldn't let me. He didn't think motorcycles were safe enough. There's new data that shows in at least one way he was right. Fatalities among bike riders in Missouri are apparently soaring after one recent big change.

I'm a big believer that drivers of 4-wheeled vehicles need to be more watchful for motorcycles. In turn, it appears there's one Illinois motorcyclist who needs to be a little more careful when trying to merge as a new video shows him speeding by a car, regretting it, but fortunately surviving.

The saddest statistics are the ones that are so easily preventable. This is one of those. Missouri has once again been ranked as one of the most dangerous states in America for anyone and everyone that enjoys riding a motorcycle.

What did I just witness? A wild video shows a guy cruising down the road when in the blink of an eye, he gets jumped by a deer. You read that correctly.

Let this be a cautionary tale of how fast your life can flash before your eyes when you're living dangerous on the road. A new video share shows a motorcycle doing 80 mph in a city slide under a truck stopped in the road and the rider lived to tell about it.

The West Central Illinois A.B. A.T.E. Chapter is holding their regional party July 13th through 15th, at the Adams County Fairgrounds, North of Quincy.

May has been proclaimed as Motorcycle Awareness Month in Illinois.