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Texas motorcycle deaths rise as rider culture is ‘tough nut to crack’

Perhaps it is the cagers, or maybe it is the squid out on a time trial. It could be a loner or weekender that has too much lump. Whatever anyone wants to call it — and riding is riddled with lingo — more motorcyclists are dying on Texas roads.

The reasons probably outnumber the unique vocabulary.

“It is a big problem,” said Mike Manser, a senior research scientist at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. “It is a continual problem and it is complex because there is not one area to focus on.”

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