Random Motorcycle Facts

1. If you drop a helmet from a height of over 2 feet, it renders it virtually useless for future impact protection.
2. 52% of all motorcycle fatalities involve a rider with drugs or alcohol in their system.
3. To turn a motorcycle to the right, you turn the handlebars to the left. It's called "countersteering."
4. Wind noise at 100 mph is only 5 decibels less than a jet engine (deafening to the naked ear).
5. 92% of motorcycle riders have had no formal training.
6. In multiple vehicle accidents, the driver of the other vehicle violated the motorcycle right-of-way and caused the accident in two-thirds of those accidents.
7. The front brake is 75% of the total stopping power of the motorcycle.
8. The median pre-crash speed of all motorcycle accidents is 29.2 mph.
9. Gottlieb Daimler invented the motorcycle in 1885.
10. Most modern motorcycles have 6 gears, shifted in the "1 down, 5 up" pattern.

And one final safety reminder: