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Health Tip: Practicing Motorcycle Safety

  • Writer: Know Your Health
    Know Your Health
  • Oct 11, 2019
  • 1 min read

(HealthDay News) — More than 5,000 motorcyclists were killed in crashes in 2017 alone, says the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

To stay safer on the road, the agency encourages motorcyclists to:

  1. Practice operating your motorcycle before taking it into traffic.

  2. Check your motorcycle’s tire pressure, tread depth, breaks, lights and fluid levels before riding.

  3. Wear a helmet that meets federal safety standards and proper body protection.

  4. Obey traffic lights, signs, speed limits and lane markings.

  5. Stay alcohol- and drug -ree.

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