Editor: In response to M. Mitchell鈥檚 letter, 鈥淏e on the lookout for motorbikes at all times,鈥� I have very little knowledge of the accident he is referring to other than what I read in the paper.

However, I do live in Glen Valley and have plenty of experience observing motorcycle riders.

As well, I often drive the stretch where the accident occurred.

It is not uncommon to see upwards of 100 motorcycles on a sunny Sunday morning (and sports cars as well) drive past my property.

Glen Valley is very popular because of the numerous turns and long stretches of 鈥渟eemingly鈥� deserted roads.

Motorcyclists like to 鈥渓ean into the corners鈥� and 鈥渙pen her up鈥� on the straight stretches, and Glen Valley roads provide plenty of that.

While it was mentioned that 鈥渟peed may have been a factor, a much larger factor is the driver failed to recognize that he did not have enough time to make his turn.鈥�

The speed factor has a significant bearing on the second factor. First of all motorcycles are harder to see than a car.

Secondly, from my observations, motorcycles are very often speeding. That is a deadly combination.

Many bicycle riders now use flashing strobe lights which are visible and remarkably eye-catching for many hundreds of feet even in broad daylight. But few motorcycles use them, perhaps because it鈥檚 not cool.

And the ones that do seem to be the ones who ride slower.

I have personal experience of this as I bought such a device for my son when he rode a 鈥渃rotch rocket鈥� and he wouldn鈥檛 use it.

Well, neither is being dead 鈥渃ool.鈥�

Fred McNeill,

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