18 States Require Motorcyclists to Wear Helmets:
Riding a motorcycle is undeniably dangerous. Sadly, motorcycle riders are 28 times more likely to
lose their lives in a fatal driving crash compared with other motorists on the road. They are also four times as likely to sustain an injury in a collision. Although motorcycle helmets save lives, only a small number of states require all riders to wear them. The locations with a broad mandate for helmet use include the following,… Read the rest of this entry »
In a news release, Maryland State Police said that on Saturday July 13th, just before 8 p.m., troopers responded to the Capital Beltway in the area of northbound Interstate 495 near Branch Avenue for the report of a crash involving a motorcycle. The initial investigation showed that 37-year-old Quintin Barnes of Reisterstown was driving a Harley-Davidson motorcycle along with a passenger, 19-year-old Jasmine Jeffries, north on I-495 when it struck the back of a Dodge. Both Barnes and Jeffries were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. The driver and passenger of the Dodge were taken to the hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Police are still investigating the cause of the crash.
A motorcyclist died after he was thrown off his bike during a crash in the Northeast section of Washington, D.C. on June 27. According to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), the crash happened around 9:40 a.m. when 33-year-old Marvin Anthony Williams, of Prince George’s County Maryland, was riding a motorcycle in the 500 block of Eastern Ave. NE.
A group of seven bikers allegedly affiliated with the Mongol outlaw motorcycle gang appeared in court Thursday morning after an alleged altercation in Wamsutter Wyoming on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
County Police said officers responded to the intersection of University Boulevard and Kerwin Road just after midnight for the report of a collision between a Tesla 3 and a Kawasaki motorcycle. The driver of the motorcycle, Antonio Martinez Gamez, 28, of Silver Spring, was pronounced dead at the scene.
honoring his late daughter. The fatal wreck, which also critically injured the man’s wife, took place in Wasilla, the state’s fourth-largest city, about 40 miles north of Anchorage.





