‘Watch for Motorcycles’
Like butterflies emerging from their cocoons, many local motorcyclists broke their bikes out of their garages and took to the streets at the first hints of spring and warm weather.
Eric Mershimer, president of the Butler County Chapter of the Alliance of Bikers Aimed Toward Education, said May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and with so many bikers flocking to the streets after a long winter, now is a good time to remind other drivers of the best safety practices for sharing the road.
“Being cooped up all winter long, they'll be swarming the place next weekend,” Mershimer said. “The biggest thing we promote is ‘Look twice, save a life.’" Look twice in both directions when turning because motorcycles get hidden really easily behind a car, a sign and we get taken out by cars a lot.”
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