Motorcycle Accident Prevention

Training could prevent motorcycle accidents By: Nina Coolidge "Most single-vehicle motorcycle accidents are preventable with proper training, says Dinah Walsh, whose Balance Dynamics Motorcycle Training Program teaches riders proper techniques that help prevent accidents like the ones that have occurred in recent weeks in Central Kentucky. Almost 90 percent of motorcyclists involved in accidents are self-taught, Walsh said, and most don't know proper braking and cornering techniques, two major factors in accidents. Balance Dynamics, which will open a new facility in Georgetown next week, offers classes for beginning and experienced riders that cost $75 to $150. Participants in the basic rider course complete four hours of classroom instruction before spending 12 hours practicing skills on a motorcycle. In the experienced rider course, riders spend six hours sharpening skills, learning defensive driving and practicing evasive maneuvers. Since the opening of its first facility in Walton in 2004, Balance Dynamics has trained almost 400 people a year." Continue article