Successful motorcycling is all about balancing demographics. If one were to plot a sample of people involved in motorcycle accidents over the course of a year that also includes the following positive factors you would find that motorcycling has a risk not much different than many active outdoor sports:
- licensed
- insured
- registered
- MSF-trained
- helmeted
- leathers, gloves, boots
- high-visibility garments and accessories
- college-educated
- sober
- conservative adult 25+ years of age
Fatalities and permanent injuries are vastly over-represented by people who don't meet many of those factors that serve to reduce risk.
~ Blue Jays ~
See post 65. Both wore leathers, both wore helmets, both trained, both in the ground.