{"id":13502,"date":"2026-05-21T11:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=13502"},"modified":"2026-05-20T22:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:59:59","slug":"threats-to-motorcycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/threats-to-motorcycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Threats To Motorcycling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nRacing will always involve a certain amount of risk.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

American Motorcyclist, the publication of the American Motorcyclist Association<\/a> (AMA), has a cover article in the latest issue about the “10 Biggest Threats To Motorcycling.” For those of you who are not AMA members I figured it might be worthwhile to discuss these 10 threats. I’ll spread this out over several posts because otherwise this could get extremely long.<\/p>\n

Autonomous Vehicles<\/strong>
\nThe first is autonomous vehicles. If you get the publications of the AMA or the Motorcycle Riders Foundation<\/a> (MRF) you know both organizations have focused a lot on these self-driving cars. Nobody is opposed to them. Come the day when the technology is really well honed and the systems can flawlessly recognize a motorcycle and other smaller objects then they will almost certainly lead to safer roads for everyone.<\/p>\n

The point is simply that that is not where the equipment is yet. And the folks who are out there every day defending our rights and safety on the road are adamant that–as we all should be–that before these vehicles are allowed out there they must meet exacting standards. As it is, there have already been fatalities of motorcyclists hit by self-driving cars.<\/p>\n

The article sums it up saying, “The AMA has been outspoken about the dangers of AVs for the last decade and has called for sufficient testing and regulation. The technology needs to be proven to detect all<\/em> road users–including motorcycles–in all situations before being allowed on the road. Once the technology is proven to be reliable, AVs will be beneficial to the safety and well-being of motorcyclists. The AMA will continue to be in favor of regulations that hold the manufacturers of these technologies accountable and protect motorcyclists.”<\/p>\n

Insurance Issues<\/strong>
\nThere are very real risks associated with riding motorcycles. We all know this and we accept it. But we also all need insurance for when things go badly. And when the costs of lawsuits outweigh the potential income from insuring motorcycle events, guess what the insurance company is going to do: your event is not going to happen.<\/p>\n

That’s where the concept of inherent risk comes in. I wrote about this a little while ago<\/a>. The idea is that we need state legislatures to pass legislation that protects land and facility owners and event organizers from lawsuits based on injuries that are not caused by deficiencies of the facility. Basically, “it was your fault you crashed so don’t go suing the track for your screw-up.”<\/p>\n

Arkansas and Texas have already passed this legislation and momentum is building in other states. Nothing will kill motorcycle racing faster than the inability of tracks to operate. The time for this legislation is now.<\/p>\n

OK, that gets the ball rolling. I’ll follow up with the other eight, not necessarily in an unbroken series of posts. Heck, I want to write about riding motorcycles, too, though with the rain and freezing weather we’ve had lately it’s been a while since I’ve been able to get out. Warmer weather is in the forecast.<\/p>\n

Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n

Trucks never slow down in the rain. The best time to pass trucks is when you\u2019re going uphill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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