May is Motorcycle Safety Month The Rainy Nashville Weather a Challenge
At Stillman at Friedland we are looking forward to warmer spring weather. But did you know that May has the highest average rainfall of the year in Nashville? Rain and driving in general can be a bad mix with reduced visibility and slippery road conditions. Yet wet roads are not the only thing you should anticipate as you drive in Middle Tennessee this spring. As TDOT, the Tennessee Department of Transportation notes, more people are out in warmer weather, and motorcycle owners take to the roads in greater numbers once the winter is over. Unfortunately, the same outdoor exposure that makes motorcycling fun is also a risk for riders. Tennessee Highway Patrol’s Colonel Tracy Trott states: “When a car collides with a motorcyclist, it is much different than a crash between two cars…A motorcyclist has little defense against the tons of steel that will hit them. While traffic fatalities statewide are declining, motorcycle fatalities have continued to rise. Over the last decade, we have seen