According to statistics you are more likely to be injured in serious or fatal crashes if you are a motorcyclist rather than a car driver. It does not sound that severe, does it? I use to ride a motorcycle but have not really been allowed to go for a license again to ride one again. It is simply too dangerous in a big city such as London. I see motorcyclist take chances every day and have actually seen an accident or two happen. It takes one second for it all to go wrong.

The DVLA in the United Kingdom is actively promoting their motorcycling campaign called think. It is a good campaign that can be heard on the radio and seen on TV throughout the day. This whole idea of mentioning the campaign on here was sparked by me witnessing another motorcycle accident this morning. A street bike was stuck underneath a garbage truck in the middle of a busy road. Luckily both parties were not hurt and were both struggling with the police officer to get the bike out again.

The five most common factors in road accidents that involve injury to motorcyclists are:

• failed to look properly
• loss of control
• failed to judge other person’s path or speed
• careless, reckless or in a hurry
• poor turn or manoeuvre

Pardon my dodgy photos but I had to do it sneakily, felt a bit weird about taking photos of the accident scene but I guess real life photos send the message home better.