Why Hot Weather Increases Risk for Motorcyclists

There are a handful of die-hards who will ride no matter what the weather is throwing at them.  Most who enjoy the open road on two wheels, however, wait for the nicer weather.  Now, as summer is heating up, that wind in your face feels even better.  The summer heat, however, isn’t always the safest for motorcycle riders.  The Car Crash Captain takes a look at how other drivers behave badly in the heat of the summer.

Rising Temperatures Lead to Fatigue

The sun takes a lot out of you.  It might be more accurate to say the summer heat takes a lot out of you.  As your body works harder to cool down, it’s pumping blood to your extremities and into your skin (where the heat can dissipate away).  This means less blood for your muscles, organs, and brain.  For anyone on the road, summer heat induced fatigue can lead to slower reaction times.  Brush up on some of the heat related injuries you, as a rider, could suffer.

Distractions Rise with the Mercury

It seems that clear skies and clear roads should have fewer distractions.  However, that summer heat is bringing them back to you.  Drivers reaching for their iced lattes, fiddling with the AC controls to pump that cool air into the vehicle, and messing with the sun shades can mean they’re not watching out for other motorists – including those on two wheels.

Tourism Brings Traffic

Summer means travel.  And that means our roadways swell up with those who aren’t from around here.  It’s great for the economy, bringing in money from around the country and the world.  But it’s not great for navigating the roads.  Those unfamiliar with driving in the area can make poor decisions.

You can Literally Be Harder to See

When the sun is beating down on roads, we see those little shimmering mirages.  You’ve certainly seen them; they can often look like water on the roadways.  Regardless of how you perceive them, what happens is they distort the driver’s view.  As a motorcycle rider you’re already hard to see.  When you’re distorted, you’re even harder to see.

Herbert Law Group Helps Motorcycle Accident Victims

All this means that when you’re riding your motorcycle in the summer heat, take the regular precautions to ensure you aren’t going to overheat.  Then, you have to be a little bit more diligent to keep an eye out for that inattentive motorist that might otherwise ruin your sunny ride.

If you have been injured in a wreck while you’re riding, let us do the fighting for you.

Herbert Law Group knows how to push back against the insurance companies when they’re being unreasonable, we know what your case is actually worth, and we’ll work hard to ensure you receive a settlement that truly provides justice.

Call our offices at 214-414-3808, or fill out the contact form on our site, and we’ll be in touch with you.  It all starts with a free call to figure out what happened, and how we can help you heal.