Motorcyclists Urged To Wear Safety Gear, Take Classes

DENVER (CBS4)- With an alarming rise in motorcycle deaths and accidents in the Denver metro area, police are asking motorcycle riders to be better prepared.

So far this year police say there have been more than three dozen serious accidents involving motorcycles with 11 of those deadly.

Police believe those riders need better equipment and education.

"Get yourself a good helmet, something that's DOT approved, that you wear with the safety glasses and from there you want to wear some type of protective gear for your hands, gloves," said Denver Police Corporal Del Creason.

Police said the majority of those riders who have been killed so far this year were not wearing a helmet.