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Denver teens receive $10,000 Law Tigers Hit and Run Reward
Law Tigers Press Release - Jan 16, 2012

Steven Sanchez and Jason Perez chased down drunk driver after he fled the scene of an accident.

States Caution Drivers to Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
Governors Highway Safety Association Press Release - Dec 14, 2011

All too often, holiday festivities take a deadly turn when an individual chooses to drink alcohol and then get behind the wheel of a car. Last year, 415 people were killed in traffic crashes involving a drunk driver or motorcycle rider in the last half of December alone. And, according to research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, January 1 is among the top five deadliest days on America's roadways.

Motorcycle Industry Council offers motorcyclists extensive Tire Guide
Motorcycle Industry Council - Dec 6, 2011

For the first time ever, the Motorcycle Industry Council is offering the motorcycling community an in-depth tire guide...FREE!

Shoei Helmet Donation Funds Critical Braking Portion of MSF 100 Motorcyclists Naturalistic Study
Motorcycle Safety Foundation Press Release - Sep 14, 2011

It was with the generous support of Shoei Safety Helmet Corp. that the Motorcycle Safety Foundation was able to include braking instrumentation in its unprecedented, one-year-long MSF 100 Motorcyclists Naturalistic Study.

Shoei's RF-1100 motorcycle helmet
Maverick - Sep 14, 2011

Shoei claims the RF-1100 to be unrivaled in every feature category and goes on to say there is not another helmet on the market that truly embodies motorcycling quite like the RF-1100. Building helmets is a passion at SHOEI, which is why they stopped at no end while evolving the RF-1100 into a best seller.

Six Million Graduates for the Motorcycle Safety Foundation
Motorcycle Safety Foundation Press Release - Sep 13, 2011

The Motorcycle Safety Foundation recently graduated its six millionth RiderCourseSM student, a milestone reached through the ongoing efforts of nearly 10,000 RiderCoaches at more than 2,000 training sites worldwide. Though it would be impossible to identify the six millionth student, the MSF determined the total number of graduates through its enrollment statistics.

Motorcycle crash changes everything for victim's family
Wendy Ratliff - Sep 7, 2011

Here is the story! The crash happened Fri 2nd near Denver, Colorado. Cody Knight was traveling northbound on Kipling St. when a truck turned left in front of him onto 20th. Cody lost consciousness at the time of impact. Once at the hospital he waited over 3 hours for his mother to arrive and then he died. He never regained consciousness.

Motorcycle Safety Foundation Launches First-Ever Motorcycling Naturalistic Study
Motorcycle Safety Foundation Press Release - Aug 25, 2011

The first rider participating in the first-ever MSF 100 Motorcyclists Naturalistic Study rode off with a fully instrumented, data-logging bike from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) last week, marking the start of the year-long research project. Each of the 100 bikes, routinely being ridden in real-world traffic, and equipped with an array of data acquisition systems, will provide comprehensive, real-time, near-crash, pre-crash and actual-crash information that is unprecedented in motorcycle research.

NHTSA launches Intensive crackdown on impaired driving
Maverick - Aug 22, 2011

NHTSA announced the launch of a campaign involving nearly 10,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide in support of an intensive crackdown on impaired driving August 19 thru September 5, known as Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over.

Saving a life may be as simple as tried and true countermeasures
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Report - Aug 18, 2011

Often times saving a life on the road is as basic as getting people to slow down, buckle up, or don a helmet. Tried and true countermeasures like these usually don't grab headlines, but if they were more widely propagated across the nation they would yield an immediate reduction in motor vehicle crash deaths.

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