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Ever notice that in nearly all WWII movies, the Germans with the cycle and sidecar are usually the first to go.
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Lemme put it this way...just because one rider wasn't aware enough of his surroundings and didn't ride in a defensive manner doesn't mean that I'm changing my habits. Stupidity runs both ways when riding, and it's the riders job to keep aware enough of ALL dangers.
I was thrown off of a Kawasaki many years ago due to being hit by a deer at night. It didn't keep me off the bike, it showed me that there are dangers other than morons on the road. You speak of Darwin? Then that crash was natures way of weeding out the weak.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/20/ryan-dunn-dead-jackass-star-car-crash_n_880322.html
Drunks kill others than bikers: sometimes themselves & their passengers.... |
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uh...this makes so little sense, I am not sure how to answer you. No diversion, we had talked about DUIs killing folks. Here is an example of a famous jackass offing himself & a buddy drunk n driving fast. If you dont like motorcycles, fine. Nobody is going to make you ride one of those loud obnoxious and scary things. All bikers ask is that you dont kill them due to inattention or other poor driving habits. Have a nice day....
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A little old. But interesting. http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/portal/site/PHMSA/menuitem.ebdc7a8a7e39f2e55cf2031050248a0c/?vgnextoid=8524adbb3c60d110VgnVCM1000009ed07898RCRD&vgnextchannel=c442adbb3c60d110VgnVCM1000009ed07898RCRD&vgnextfmt=print
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Funny this showed up.
Sunday I was following a crotch-rocket piloted by a 50s-ish guy wearing only sandles, cargo-shorts, t-shirt ("Back To The Fifties" themed) and no brain-bucket...everything you shouldn't be doing...he was doing... We're heading north on Hwy 93 and coming up to the median split about 3 miles south of I-94 on the south side of Eau Claire...he goes over to the left lane of the two-laner and is slowing passing a mini-van...I'm behind the mini-van (right lane) and then it starts... Mini-van-airhead starts to drift right into numb-nutz-biker... I lay on the horn, the biker looks at the MV JUSTINTIMETOPULLOUTOFTHEVISEANDGETPASTTHEF#@$HEADINTHEMV!!! QUESTION: Which of those two airheads needed a swift kick in the @55 and the other a good hard visit to the head with a tire-iron? Or BOTH??? Rhetorical question.
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Ive been hit several times on my bicycle, last time recently, IMO more dangerous to ride a bicycle on the road than a motorcycle, but way more dangerous for both in the last couple of years. Motorcycle can at least keep up with traffic, giving you more time. Stopped riding on anything but bike paths, seems like every idiot on the road is texting some other idiot a stream of inane commentary.
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Have you ever tried to ride a road bicycle at night with a rechargeable battery powered headlight and flashing red tail light. It is almost like that tail lite is a target. I did it one time and that was all it took for me. This thread will not keep me off of the motorscooter and motorcycle. If I die doing it then I will have passed on doing what I enjoy doing almost as good as wrenching.
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The bottom line is with a car you have something around you, to give you a fighting chance in the event of an accident.
On a bike you have nothing, you are the crumple zone. One of my uncles tenants was killed 6 months ago on his bike when some distracted lady in an SUV pulled out in front of him. If he had been in a car/truck chances are he would have walked away.
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