Motorcycles or Donor-cycles?

Every week for the last month on the local news I have seen horrible motorcycle accidents. Some where the rider "lost control". Some were from the rider being hit as a car ran through a traffic light. And some were from a rider being hit by a car crossing the double yellow line. I have asked everyone that I have come in contact with who rides a motorcycle if they have ever dumped their motorcycle, been hit by a car on their motorcycle,lost control of their motorcycle, or hit a pothole, crack in the road, skidded on gravel, or been hit by a bird, bug, rock, tree limb, or anything else when riding their motorcycle and they have all answered yes. My good friend Ron Anderson rode a motorcycle for 25 years and said that they were as safe as a car until one day a car pulled out in front of him as he was going 40 miles an hour and it was too late for him to stop. He flew over the handlebars and onto the pavement. No helmet, no leather, no warning. Ron never rode a motorcycle again. Be careful out there riders. Be aware of your surroundings. Danger is out there. This is ole "Dangerous Dale" saying all accidents are preventable.