California has more registered motorcyclists than any other state – over 750 thousand motorcycles use the Golden State’s roads and highways.
The California Highway patrol will implement a yearlong federal grant aimed at decreasing the number of motorcycle-involved crashes. “Get Educated and Ride Safe” or GEARS is a California-wide motorcycle enforcement and education effort by the CHP that will use campaigns such as May’s motorcycle safety month to spread awareness about sharing the road. Motorcyclists are statistically more likely to be injured or killed when involved in a crash according to CHP commissioner Amanda Ray.
Ray says that the CHP will continue to use enforcement and non-enforcement strategies, including education and community engagement to target the leading cause of traffic deaths.
From Oct 1st of 20202 to Sept 30, 2021 there were over 7000 motorcycle involved crashes which resulted in 354 deaths and 6,400 injuries within CHP jurisdiction – an increase of 3 percent over the last year.
Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety,
through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
