Motorcycle Fatalities (6-22-20)

Motorcycle Fatalities (6-22-20)

Involving motorcycles in just three days locally have missouri state highway troopers are reminding motorists to be extra vigiliant...as more bikers hit the road this summer...this as governor mike parson is expected to a sign a bill changing the statewide helmet law...kq2's kilee thomas has the story.

Summer is officially here.

And as temperatures rise, so do motorcycle accidents the winter months, they're not out as much.

Obviously, out in the summer months, you're going to see more motorcycle crashes just because they're more of them out there."in 2018...missouri state highway patrol reported a higher number in crashes and fatalities in warmer months...this last week joseph saw two fatal motorcycle accidents two 64 year olds, robert gardner and mark stickler "anytime you're on a motorcycle, unfortunately and you're traveling at highway speeds and something catastrophic happens, the odds of injury or even a fatality crash go up.

Anytime you get ejected from that motorcycle or lay it down, the human body is making contact with another surface and it's not good."

Both motorists were wearing a helmet jefferson city.

On gov.

Mike parsons desk is house bill 1963 motorcycle drivers 26-years- old and up to ride helmetless if they have health insurance 26 operating or as a passenger must wear a helmet.

A change from the state's universal helmet law, requiring all riders wear a helmet troopers and safety directors also advise riders wear protective gear when hitting the road "obviously, that's good.

That's a good thing."troopers say safety is a two way street "give 100% of their attention to the job of driving, put those phones down.

That goes for motorcyclists and the other cars."and want to remind motorists to ride within your ability "our riders 40-years and up account for 50% of motorcycle fatalities for the last couple years.

So, these are guys that probably rode when they were really young and now they've got a little more money in their pocket because their kids are raised and they buy them again.

They don't realize their reaction time is slower, they're balance isn't as good."

The national highway traffic safety administration reports in 2016... missouri's motorcycle helmet use protected 66 riders' lives and saved over $673 million in comprehensive costs from crashes alone...governor parson has not signed the bill as of yet... there's nothing