I bet half of the cases I handle involve a vehicle turning left in front of an oncoming motorcycle.

It appears that yesterday a truck was making a left turn off of Mon O' War onto Pioneer Roadin St. George but he could not see the oncoming motorcycle becasue a car turning left in the oncoming lane obstructed his view.  In other words the driver of the truck proceeded intothe intersection without making sure that there was no oncoming traffic.

There were two people on the motorcycle that was clipped by the truck and sent it careening into another vehicle that was at teh intersection.  Both injured motorcycle riders were taken to Dixie Regional Hospital with what was said to be "substantial injuries."

It is so very important that motorcycle riders practice defensive drivingin making sure they are seen by oncoming drivers when approaching an intersection.  Even when we think the driver of the vehicle has seen us often they do not.  When I ride I practice what I call donut driving.  I try to anticipate what action I should take if another driver does something he should not be doing - like turning left in front of you.  This certainly does not mean that crashes can be avoided all the time or deccrease the fault of the other driver - all you can do is drive your bike with the best intentions, be prepared, and hope for the best.

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