Women motorcycle riders safety is the most important thing to remember before any women rider ever gets on her motorcycle. Of course, the proper riding gear, helmet, boots, jacket and gloves are very important. However, the biggest thing to consider before you ever get on your motorcycle is, your frame of mind.
Riding a motorcycle can be a very dangerous thing to do. When you get on your motorcycle there is a lot going on and a lot of things that you need to remember. Also, there are always the other vehicles on the road to consider. You need to have your full and undivided attention on the task at hand, riding your motorcycle.
Of course, in any case drinking and driving do not mix. Never ever think about getting on your motorcycle if you have been drinking… Although, drinking and riding your motorcycle can and will get you into trouble if you ride, there are other ways you can get into life treating situations. You can also get into trouble if you’re not in the correct mind set to ride.
I would like to share a recent example of what could happen to you if you are not in the right frame of mind to ride your motorcycle.
Over the Fourth of July weekend Nicole Gill, 30, of Nashville, TN. was killed on her motorcycle.
According to Tony Mitchell a writer for examiner.com. “Gill, a member of the Unexplainable motorcycle club, died Friday night when her Suzuki sport bike allegedly struck an on-coming Pontiac Grand Prix, driven by 19-year-old Keith Otey of La Vergne, Tenn. Otey told officers that he was turning when the light was on a green arrow.”
A close friend Amy Burns, a woman rider who sometimes rode with Nicole Gill, said that Nicole was on her way to the Skyline Medical Center in Nashville after she had received a phone call that her brother had been admitted and was not breathing.
Amy, after learning of her friend’s death, couldn’t believe it, and said she probably had a lot on her mind if she did run the red light.
“Nicole wasn’t in the right state of mind – she was trying to get to her brother,”
“It makes us want to be more careful riding. It lets us know things can happen to anybody.”
Another close friend and club member, Kedi Wilson said, that after Nicole had heard about her brother, she rushed out of the clubhouse before she could get her keys and go with her.
According to Kedi, Nicole always had good things to say about everybody and that she always tried to make everyone smile. She tried to keep things calm. Nicole was a true peacemaker.
Nicole was not only a motorcycle woman she was a mother of two children…
Christina A. Byrd, Operations Coordinator for Gresham, Smith and Partners Nashville, TN. and a good and true friend of Nicole’s, would like to start a fund for Nicole’s surviving family members. If you would like to leave a donation or find out how you can help please email Christina at christina_byrd@gspnet.com
This is so tragic; this is also what can happen when a woman rider gets on her motorcycle and rides when her mind is on other things.
If you have a bad day at work, if you have a heated argument with your husband or boyfriend, if your friend or neighbor gets on your last nerve or if you receive tragic news about a friend or loved one, please don’t get on and ride your motorcycle until you have had time to cool down or over come the shock and worry. If you can’t get to a point where you can focus on the task at hand, riding your motorcycle, then don’t get on it. Ask a friend to give you a ride or take a cab or a bus. If you’re angry walk it off.
Being a woman motorcycle rider means being responsible to safety, and the safest way for all women riders is to ride their motorcycle is with a cool and level head.
