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Article: Forum on Motorcycle Safety Can be Catalyst to Reverse Fatality Trend
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- September 12, 2006
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement
by Lt. Colonel Jim Champagne, Chairman of the Governors Highway
Safety Association (GHSA)
"I am delighted to participate in the National Transportation
Safety Board's (NTSB) Forum on Motorcycle Safety and commend the
Board and Member Debbie Hersman for their leadership on this issue.
"Last year, motorcycle fatalities increased 13 percent to 4,553
total deaths. This was the eighth straight year that fatalities
increased and an increase of 115 percent since 1997. More disturbing,
in 2004, 41 percent of fatal motorcycle crashes involved riders who
were unlicensed or improperly licensed and 24 percent of the
fatalities involved ...