![]() Cathy Brooks is a project specialist at TTI, and Michael Strong is a program manager at the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. ![]() ![]() We have two guests with us today who can help us understand it a bit more clearly. In Texas, that number is more than 50 percent. But according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 30 percent of motorcyclists involved in a fatal crash in 2019 were driving without a valid motorcycle license. One thing that motorcycles and other vehicles share in common, of course, is that both require an operator’s license. For one, motorcycles don’t offer the same protection that cars and trucks do, and because they take up less space on the roads, they’re simply harder for us to see. About 30 percent of motorcycle crashes result in death or serious injury, but that’s true for only about 3 percent of car and truck crashes. ![]() Motorcycle riders face a far greater risk than other roadway travelers. I’m Bernie Fette with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Hello and welcome to Thinking Transportation - conversations about how we get ourselves and the things we need from one place to another. ![]()
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