WABASHA, Minn. — Now that the weather is getting nicer, you're going to see more motorcycles on the roads.
That's why Minnesota and Wisconsin are coming together. The two states are teaming up with an important message about sharing the road.
It's a message the Folsom family wants to spread.
"He loved snowmobiles, he loved motorcycles, he loved anything that moved," Amber Kopka said of her father, Dan Folsom.
Folsom died in September 2018, during a charity motorcycle ride called the Flood Run. Authorities say he was on highway 35 when he crossed the centerline, eventually hitting a guardrail twice before being thrown from the bike without a helmet.
"They say that was on impact, that he had passed away," said his daughter, Allison Swanson, "It was the day before his 64th birthday."
The next Flood Run is Saturday, April 20.
"It's kind of right up and down the river, Minnesota and Wisconsin sides," said Sgt. Troy Christianson with the Minnesota State Patrol.
It's why stakeholders from both states are teaming up this weekend to remind drivers and motorcyclists about the importance of sharing the road.
"It's important that people just educate themselves, and drive a safe speed, and be a defensive rider," he said.
"One of the things that really you wonder a lot about is if he did have a helmet on what would have happened? Would he have lived? Would he have been brain dead? Would he have still died? Those kinds of questions kind of haunt you a little," Kopka said.
The state patrol says law enforcement on both sides of the river will be out in full force this weekend to make sure everyone stays safe.