Texas is famous for many things, including leading most other states for the number of drunk driving deaths on their highways. Additionally, it has an extremely large number of motorcycles registered and a very high number of biker deaths.<\/p>\n
Consider yet another deadly crash on Highway 69. A biker was heading north, lost control of his motorcycle and hit a guardrail. The highway was shut down for a number of hours while accident scene personnel worked to assess the crash and clear away the debris. <\/p>\n
It is not just the fact that motorcyclists are not protected like passengers in a car that makes their accident rate more frequent and deadly. The vice chairman of the biker advocacy group, Texas Confederation of Clubs and Independents for Region 4, Willie Mac, said: \u201cWe don’t have the reaction time. We don\u2019t have the braking time. We have maneuverability.\u201d However, even with a biker\u2019s maneuverability, serious (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Texas is famous for many things, including leading most other states for the number of drunk driving deaths on their highways. Additionally, it has an extremely large number of motorcycles registered and a very high number of biker deaths. Consider…<\/span><\/p>\n