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That said, there are some interesting facts found in the entire article.
I have been riding continuously for over 50 years. In all that time, I’ve never seen a BMW rider parked under a viaduct waiting out the rain storm . . .
Also, the article reads like it was written by a ChatBot AI.
I thought that in 2020, motorcycle related deaths were caused by covid.
But everybody that died, died of ChiconWuHu!
Nobody died from a motorcycle accidents.
That’s what Walensky/Fauci/Biden told us.
/s
My husband was an expert rider. Took all the latest safety classes, etc.
I used to tell him: I didn’t worry about him, I worried about the other drivers.
I know he had near-accidents that he never told me about.
I realise that compared to the experts here, I am not qualified to really comment on this topic. But I was told by an old motorcyclist when I first started riding on the roads back in 1957 that there are really only two things to keep in mind when riding a motorcycle. They have served me well over the past 66 years.
1) EVERY motorcyle accident is Riders fault.
2) EVERY SOB, including your mother in a four wheeler is trying to kill you.
Regards
IBA #8938
“An estimated 36% of fatal motorcycle accidents involve riders who do not have a valid license to drive a motorcycle.”
The obvious solution is to require more stringent testing and increased cost to obtain a motorcycle permit. It works so well in the gun control debate.
EC
Had a friend in high-school who was a real maniac on wheels. Used to rip wheelies through town and such. Then one day we read the newspaper and he had gotten in an accident where his body went under a guardrail, and took his head completely off.
Bikes are great, but ya gotta respect em and their power, and also watch for other drivers all the time as they have a hard time judging the distance of someone on a bike, or being in a blind spot of the car or whatever. I slid my bike under the bumper of a truck once when he came to a sudden stop in front of me. Thankfully I didn’t hit his vehicle. It taught me to give plenty of room between vehiclex after that though.
I am curious what percentage of motorcycle fatalities involve only the one motorcycle versus how many involve in any way another vehicle.
I have seen too many motorcyclists doing stupid things and I do not feel sorry for them when they leave body parts all over the road. I feel sorry for the tow truck drivers that have to scrape them off the ground.
I enjoyed riding. But with the legalizing of pot, added to drunk drivers and cell phones, I finally quit.
Nothing has changed since the Hurt Report in 1981.
There was a time when motorcycles were attractive to me, but now I wouldn’t even think about being on the road on one with so many speeders and crazy drivers. No protection whatsoever.
There were 5,250,873 police-reported car accidents in 2020
according to the NHTSA. That averages out to 14,386
accidents per day. There were 38,824 people killed in motor
vehicle traffic crashes on U.S. roadways during 2020, a 6.8
percent increase
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Thanks for posting this...whoever wrote it, it’s hard to argue hard numbers. Very important to stay informed though.
I rode hot high displacement bikes 1976-1983 almost as sole transport mode
I rode very very fast with some skills
Not King Kenny but I could drag a knee even before z rated tires
Wrecks are either biker or cars
You lack skills or push to hard or luck
Cars don’t see u period
I’ve had pins and surgeries to prove all this
Many riders today have almost track ready bikes and little skill
And die
Plus so many trick ride for posting on web sites and wreck
Less skills today is a big big reason
Overpowered bikes another
I would not ride daily in a large metro are