Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month begins May 1– Manchester man to speak at Skills and Training Competition

On Wednesday, May 1, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office joins the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center to kick off Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. A press event will take place in conjunction with the Ninth Annual Music City Police Motorcycle Skills and Training Competition, hosted by the THP’s “Falcons” Motor Unit at Opry Mills.
During the event, guest speaker Andrew Floied of Manchester, TN will discuss the 2013 motorcycle crash on Hwy 41 that changed his life forever.
Last year, there were 2,701 motorcycle crashes in Tennessee. Of those crashes, 166 were fatal.