Quote Originally Posted by Lisa S.H. View Post
I read that after years of slow steady decline, the number of motorcycles fatalities has been suddenly rising dramatically due to increased car-motorcycle collisions. Could this be related to car cell phone use, I wonder?
Even here in NY state where it is ILLEGAL to use a hand held cell phone while driving- about every 10th car I see go by me has the driver holding a cell phone to their head and talking away....I don't think anyone is enforcing the law at all.
It is my personal opinion that whether it is cell phones or other things that cause people to be inattentive to their driving obligations, this is a huge and major cause of increased collisions.

However, I think that the fact that more people are starting to drive motorcycles again due to the increased in gas prices, could have somethign to do with the increased in collision/fatalities with motorcycles as well.