Once again this summer, Western New York has seen its share of motorcycle accidents. In fact, an average of three lives a day could be saved nationally, experts estimate, if motorists and motorcyclists were just more careful at intersections. Crash data reveals that motorcycle crashes happen more often at intersections than anywhere else, relative to the amount of time riders spend traveling through them.

In an effort to combat the problem, one major insurance company is even putting up caution signs on roads all over the country. The yellow, diamond-shaped signs feature a motorcycle silhouette and are inscribed with the word “LOOK” to encourage motorists to look for motorcycles before crossing an intersection. It’s part of a program designed to remind drivers and riders that looking once at intersections is never enough.

In the time it takes to blink an eye, a life could be saved. Fortunately, there are things drivers, riders and others can do.

BUFFALO, NY - The clerk's offices for the cities of Buffalo and Niagara Falls were open on Sunday so that marriage licenses could be issued for same-sex couples.

In the City of Buffalo, the clerk's office was open from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. City Clerk Gerald Chwalinski says there were 20 couples who applied for licenses and eight couples were actually married by Chwalinski in civil ceremonies. 

Buffalo residents Daniel Rodgers and his longtime partner Scott Klaurens took the opportunity to tie the knot again. This time legally in New York State.

"We didn't know we'd be able to marry today honestly," said Klaurens. "We thought we're just getting our license. We were told we'd have to wait until Tuesday so we had the first appointment on Tuesday, and then when they found out we were married in Toronto 6 years ago they said that we could get the waiver and go ahead and have the ceremony today."