Motorcycle Fatalities Raise Safety Questions

The fatality accidents in Mobile County involving motorcycles are raising questions about what type of training cyclists may need.
For instance, in Alabama, you don't need to take a driving test or agility test to get a motorcycle license.
Ray Fleet is a retired Mobile Police motorcycle officer and an instructor at Gulf Coast Motorcycle Safety in Daphne.
He says all it takes in Alabama to get a motorcycle license is taking "a twenty-five question test from the Department of Motor Vehicles."
What's more, if you got your Alabama driver's license before 1990 and have kept it since that time, you don't even have to take the test.
Fleet says, "Some people are grand-fathered in. They have an endorsement on their license which means they know how to ride a motorcycle regardless of whether they do or not."
Fleet says most motorcycle accidents involving cars happen at intersections.
He says, "Motorists don't see motorcycles, first off. They don't perceive a motorcycle being there."
Fleet also reminds motorcyclists to wear the proper safety equipment and check out their bikes for worn tires and other problems before riding.
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