Thanks for the reminder and very generous offer Bill.
List, Bill is absolute on target.
Do your bike rider friends a favor, offer them at least the three
page summary.
I rode in LA in the '60s for five years and survived by assuming that when I
got on Honda/BSA I was INVISIBLE.
It also debunks the old Harley myth about helmets limiting hearing,
view, comfort, etc., etc. ....
Thanks again Bill,
Bryan
ardunbill@webtv.net wrote:
>
> Hi Folks, further to my message earlier today promoting the joys of
> motorcycling, wanted to make this Free Offer to anyone who is
> interested.
>
> Lotta people, when they think about riding a bike, think "Danger".
> True, the injury and death rate for street and road motorcyclists is
> around four to five times that for car and truck drivers. BUT a lot of
> us silver foxes have survived many decades of this fun with little or no
> injury; in my case 45 years now.
>
> The point I am getting to is A Big Help in this regard is the classic
> Hurt Report (good name, eh?) published in "Motorcyclist" magazine in
> 1979. This is a scientific study of about 900 motorcycle accidents in
> Southern California done by USC Prof. (and motorcyclist) Dr. Harry Hurt,
> a specialist in vehicle safety, with a
> big Federal Grant. It tells with solid data what gets people into
> accidents, and thus what to watch out for and not to do. When I read
> it, I'd already had over 20 years riding experience, but there were many
> valuable points made that had never occured to me. Also some black
> humor such as one or two sad cases where a rider had his girlfriend on
> the back, and his wife spotted them and hit them with her car, killing
> both. The fruits of Adultery.
>
> Bottom line is, if anybody wants a copy of this very readable Hurt
> Report, contact me off List and I'll mail you one gratis.
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