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To: cuban leaf

—— The lions share of motorcycle fatalities and injuries are young guys on 600 cc crotch rockets. -——

On a Virginia to Massachusetts trip, we passed 32 motorcycles. Actually, 30 passed us, at high rates of speed, as we travelled at 70 mph.

Of those, 28 were driving recklessly, weaving in traffic. Most were kids on Japanese bikes.

So my conclusion is that motorcycle riding isn’t inherently dangerous. The drivers are the problem.


194 posted on 05/08/2013 5:17:56 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

So my conclusion is that motorcycle riding isn’t inherently dangerous. The drivers are the problem.


You just nailed the whole thing in two sentences.

I put it this way:

There are two things a man should not do until he is 35 years of age:
1. Buy a motorcycle
2. Get married.


195 posted on 05/08/2013 5:34:04 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

No, it’s physics. 2 wheel set is less stable than 4. Everything else being the same, the motorcycle is more dangerous.


199 posted on 05/08/2013 6:57:08 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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