UNSAFE LANE CHANGING ACCIDENTS 

Motorcycle riders are at an increased risk for injury and death when involved in car accidents. Like pedestrians and cyclists, motorcycle riders don’t have the modern safety advantages available to passenger vehicle occupants. Even with helmets, jackets, boots and other types of protective gear, they are truly at the mercy of other drivers on the road. If you talk to just about any motorcycle rider, he or she will tell you that unsafe lane changing is a huge problem.

When drivers are either distracted or simply not checking their blind spots prior to changing lanes, they’re putting the lives of motorcycle riders and other roadway users at great risk.

Share The Road With Motorcycle

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) encourages drivers to “share the road” with motorcycle riders and other roadway users. Sharing the road means never engaging in distracted driving behaviors and sharing the road respectively with other motorists, riders and drivers. Motorcycle riders have the same right to be on the road as everybody else, and they should be treated equally and safely on the roadways. Drivers should always give them a full lane’s width to travel in and be careful when changing lanes. Motorcycle riders are counting on drivers to engage in safe and lawful lane changing techniques. Nothing’s scarier to a motorcycle rider than a driver obliviously moving into his or her lane. Listed below are a few common causes of unsafe lane changes.

Common Causes of Unsafe Lane Changes