 Summertime is near, and for many sailors, that means increased motorcycle rides. All Hands magazine recently sat down with Senior Chief Brian Collins to discuss his motorcycle accident as a junior sailor and how it taught him the importance of proper safety training. I come around a blind corner doing a little faster than I should have been doing. As soon as I rounded the corner, the light was green for me to go through and a vehicle was in the turning lane in front of me and decided to turn without yielding. I landed right in front of the passenger front tire of the car as it was turning and once it did that it proceeded to run me over and then I guess I was screaming so loud that the person that was driving I guess thought that they were on top of me so they peeled out and backed back over me. They transported me to Virginia Beach General and I stayed at Virginia Beach General for probably about 12 and a half hours just laying on a gurney strapped to. With my helmet on strapped to a backboard. I didn't have my schools, I didn't have insurance, I didn't have a license, I didn't have anything. One go through all the schools, the schools are fabulous. They've changed so much, you know they're there for us for free and with all the schooling you learn more and more every time you go through it. I've done it nine times now and I learned something new every time. I learned a basic technique that I really wasn't perfecting. Now I've perfected them.