Alcohol and motorcycle crashes

Date: 05-08-2008 7:12 pm (16 years ago) | Author: Sola Charles
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Alcohol is a major contributor to motorcycle crashes, particularly fatal crashes in Nigeria today. Records show that 40-50% of all riders killed in motorcycle crashes had been drinking. Only one-third of those riders had a blood alcohol concentration above legal limits. The rest had only a few drinks in their systems - enough to impair riding skills. In the past, drug levels have been harder to distinguish or have not been separated from drinking violations for the traffic records. But riding "under the influence" of either alcohol or drugs poses physical and legal hazards for every rider.
Drinking and drug use is as big a problem among motorcyclists as it is among automobile drivers. Motorcyclists however, are more likely to be killed or severely injured in a crash. Injuries occur in 90% of motorcycle collisions and 30% of automobile crashes that involve abuse of substances. On a yearly basis, the Federal Road Safety Corps estimates that more than 5,000 motorcyclists are killed and about 10,000 seriously injured in this same type of crash. These statistics are too overwhelming to ignore.
By becoming knowledgeable about the effects of alcohol and other drugs will help encourage the average person on the street to appreciate that alcohol and motorcycle riding don't mix. Taking positive steps to protect oneself and preventing others from injuring themselves by avoiding use of alcohol while riding on motorcycles is a task that must be done.

Posted: at 5-08-2008 07:12 PM (16 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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