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CHARLES H. RITTGERS: Motorcycle accidents are different as far as the extent of the injuries. A motorcycle operator is not protected like a car driver with sheet metal all around them. Car drivers usually don't pay any attention to motorcyclists. They don't see them. When they do see them, they don't see them as a threat.
They're more likely to take the chance in pulling out in front of a motorcyclist.
Motorists will often blame the motorcycle rider for the accident by claiming that they were going too fast, they weren't wearing a helmet, when in fact it's the car driver who isn't obeying the rules of the road.
Because we're playing with the radio, talking on our cell phones, we lose our concentration. And for whatever reason, we may go over the double yellow line. We may go off the edge of the road. And we may ignore that red light because we're too busy talking or having an argument over the cell phone. Or we're turning around, making sure that our child is seatbelted in.
Oftentimes, that failure results in some serious injuries to some third party that was minding their own business. We all are required as drivers to follow the rules of the road.
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