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Motorcycle Safety Concerns Grow

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As gas prices sit at $4 a gallon this summer, the number of people looking to save by parking their cars and hoping on motorcycles instead is going up. For whatever reason, 2-wheel transportation is growing in popularity. In the last two years, 38,000 more motorcycle licenses have been issued in the Carolinas. But concern over the number of new riders is growing as well. WFAE's Scott Graf has this report.