Geezer with a Grudge: Motorcycle Accident Statistics

Jun 4, 2009

Motorcycle Accident Statistics

There are some articles that need repeating. If you haven't seen the Motorcycle Accident Statistics article on webBikeWorld, you should. The original article was well-written and researched, but the reader comments are often far better considered than the source. In fact, if you don't want to take the time to read the original article, skip to the Reader Comments and Owner Feedback near the bottom of the article. Readers such as "J.W.", "E.C.", and "P.S." contributed valuable insight into the cause and effect of motorcycle crashes and deaths.

3 comments:

Life On Two Wheels said...: Scary. I still can't believe people will go riding without a helmet and why someone would still do it after seeing those stats.; 6/8/09, 6:42 PM
T.W. Day said...: I can't believe people wear anything but full face helmets and AGAT, but humans are a defective breed.; 6/9/09, 5:56 AM
sennakesavan said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 9/16/09, 1:46 AM

The Geezer Story

I stumbled upon this column name (Geezer with a Grudge) almost 20 years ago, in 1999. The first Minnesota Motorcycle Monthly editor I worked with, in late 1999, complained that the magazine was getting no mail and the editors wanted to know if any readers were still out there. I fired off a sarcastic note, as a joke, intended to provide a little humor and some feedback. He published it as an article and later called me to say he'd received more mail on that letter than he'd received in the past year! I followed that with an offer to write a monthly column attempting to piss off a particular section of the magazine's readership to see if that tactic would generate some mail.

It did, probably more regularly than the magazine wanted at times, and I wrote a monthly column for MMM until the magazine died in 2018.

I plan to post an occasional old Geezer article into the blog, followed by short comments about the current status of my perspective on our activity/sport/vehicle of choice.