Riding is one of the most dangerous things you can do.  The UK DOT thinks that bikers have 121 deaths or bad injuries per 100K miles, compared with 2.6 for cars.

See our National Website for our group riding guidelines, and BikeSafer.com site for lots more on bike safery.

There isn't a lot of current US research on bike safety.  The Hurt Report is old, but the American Motorcycle Association (AMA) has started a new study.  We'll wait for better numbers. 

In the meantime, the best information we have is that 50% of bike crashes happen when drivers enter the right of way of the rider from the front, not seeing the bike until too late. 

Another  issue is lack of training on the part of the rider, which is a major cause of accidents and and worsens the effect of many other crashes. 

We are out to have fun, but there is no worse buzz-kill than having to go to the emergency room. 

We have three major areas of things we do to improve safety.

(1) We ride in groups.  A large group of riders is easy to see, and if it is organized, it gets more respect.  We have guidelines on the National Website and we have very experienced road captains and tail gunners. 

(2) We care about our members safety when riding solo, so we recommend the Motorcycle Safety Foundation basic and advanced rider courses to all our members.

(3) We encourage many other safety-related practices, including equipment, bike maintenance and accident reponse training.  Click the 'Forum' link above and scroll to the safety section for more. 

Our safety officer helps to keep safety issues in front of the membership and works with other SCRC groups and outside organizations to promote safety training. 

Ride safe, y'all.