There's a great article entitled: "What we can learn" in the latest American Motorcyclist (It's the AMA's mag for those of you who are not yet members.) In response to a new crash study about to begin, they looked back at the Hurt report that came out in 1981. The thing I like about the new study is that there's going to be a focus on gear that's worn and how it affected injuries. Interesting stuff from the Hurt report: In multi-vehicle crashes, the driver of the other vehicle was responsible 2/3 of the time. Most motorcyclists involved in crashes were inexperienced, untrained, unlicensed and did a poor job of avoiding the collision. 92% of motorcyclists involved in crashes were self-taught. Motorcyclists with MSF training were less involved in accidents and less injured when they were. The size of the motorcycle's engine had no bearing on whether that motorcycle would be involved in a crash. The #1 cause of collisions was the driver turning left into the motorcyclist's path.