Motorcycle Accidents

• "HOW TO PROPERLY INSURE YOUR MOTORCYLE" Presented to Offutt Riders' Association Group

  Craig Kelley | April 28, 2008 1:19 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  Spring is here. As such, riding season will so be back in full swing!. You should have proper COMPREHENSIVE UMBRELLA insurance coverage on your motorcycle, as well as your home or your car. Last...

• Naitional Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month Campaign to Start the End of this Week

  Craig Kelley | April 27, 2008 1:28 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has designated May, 2008, as NAtional Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. Tne NHTSA has also developed a Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month...

• Elk Horn, Iowa Motorcycle Rider Dead Due to Inattentiveness of SUV Driver - Could Faster D.O.T. Response Have PREVENTED THIS Accident

  Craig Kelley | May 23, 2008 12:32 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  Ross Boeck will NEVER know if faster response by our own Federal Government would have saved his life. The City of Harlan, Iowa has been waiting since LAST year for response on their Petition to the...

• Nebraska State Harley Owners' Group Rally Set in Fremont in 2008

  Craig Kelley | April 20, 2008 1:13 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  Head to Fremont, NE for the 2008 Nebraska State H.O.G. Rally during Memorial Day Weekend May 23rd-25th. This area is rich in history and beautiful surroundings. Your days will be filled with fun...

• Another Failure to Yield Motorcycle Fatalities Accident

  Craig Kelley | April 17, 2008 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  Occurred last night in East Central Iowa, as reported in the Newton (IA Daily News: Local authorities are investigating an accident that killed a Newton woman and a Des Moines man Wednesday night...

• Nebraska Kills Helmet Law Repeal Bill

  Craig Kelley | January 17, 2008 12:48 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  Across the river, efforts to repeal the Nebraska mandatory helmet law (LB 253) have failed. The proposed bill offered a partial repeal to the current law. The proposal would have required bikers under 21 to wear helmets but would have allowed older riders to go without a helmet if they had passed an approved safety course. Iowa is one of only three states with no helmet requirement.For more...

• Deer Cause Another Motorccyle Accident Fatality in Iowa

  Craig Kelley | April 18, 2008 6:20 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  amp Deer The Gazette Online reports another deer accident As an avid motorcyclist I hate em They cause me an experienced rider to avoid dawn and dusk when they move which is a real...

• Iowa State Bridges Among Worst in Nation

  Craig Kelley | February 21, 2008 9:43 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  A Washington-based non-profit transportation research group (TRIP) has determined that 622 Iowa bridges are one point away from being structurally decifient. Among the worst in the state are two Sioux City bridges. According to TRIP, 21% of of the stae bridges are deficient with another 6% qualifying as functionally obsolete. Repairing or replacing the defective bridges would cost the state...

• Richland Motorcycle Accident Kills One

  Shannon Weidemann | May 08, 2007 2:50 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  A motorcycle accident in Richland, Pennsylvania Monday night has left one person dead. The crash happened on Cherry Road at Brenner Hall. A source on the scene said that only one motorcycle was involved. Authorities closed Cherry Road to traffic at Walnut Street, the Richland/Richlandtown border. Firefighters redirected cars and trucks at Cherry Road's intersection with California Road in...

• More and More Women Riding Motorcycles

  Craig Kelley | August 13, 2006 1:57 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  A great thing I experience when motorcycling these days is the ever-increasing number of ladies purchasing and riding motorcyles on their own, rather than riding on the back of a bike as was the norm in the past.The reason I pass on this information is to strongly encourage all female riders, most of whom did not ride in their youth like many males who are returning to motorcycling, to take BOTH...