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The weekend of July 23 and
24, we witnessed a number of accidents in the county involving motorcycles. I am told several people were injured and there was one fatality. Our condolences and prayers go out to those who were injured and to the family of the deceased.
I rode motorcycles for over 20 years. I rode hard-tail choppers, with 17-inch extended front ends. I rode powerful, multi-cylindered sport bikes, and I rode a big 1,000 cc BMW with full fairing and bags. I loved every one of them. I loved riding a motorcycle. It was easy to love. Motorcycles are fun. Motorcycles are fast. Motorcycles will kill you if you don’t know what you’re doing and if you lose respect for the laws of physics.
It doesn’t take a lot to learn how to ride a motorcycle. Just about anybody can do it. It doesn’t take a lot to get in way over your head when you think you have learned to control your bike. When you think this is the most fun you’ve ever had and you can handle this machine and anything the highway throws at you. That’s when you lose. That’s when the laws of physics catch up with you, and if you are very lucky, you live to tell about it. And if you aren’t, someone else will have to tell your story for you.
It is very possible that every one of the motorcycle accidents that occurred in this county this year, happened to someone who was operating their motorcycle in the safest manner possible. It is possible that they were obeying the speed limit, and were doing everything they
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