• January 17th, 2025

It is not news that riding a motorcycle involves more risk than traveling in a passenger vehicle and that no single countermeasure can eliminate every crash, injury, or fatality. However, that elevated risk can be reduced with the implementation of multiple effective countermeasures and by recognizing that humans make mistakes—two fundamental pillars of a line of thinking known as the Safe System approach. Motorcycling in a Safe System would involve measures that reduce the likelihood of crashing as well as measures that protect riders who do crash, and it would involve prioritizing measures that are the most effective. Unfortunately, however, the safety of motorcyclists traveling on our nation’s roads has not been prioritized. The number of motorcyclist fatalities in the United States has reached a record-high for the third year in a row (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 2024a), despite relatively stable numbers of registered motorcycles over the past decade (Teoh, 2023b).

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