[Spktyr]

You're more likely to die in a small car, especially in a totalled hybrid - the firemen don't want to touch the thing for fear they'll get electrocuted, and in the meantime, you bleed out. Same thing for truly small cars, like Geo Metros or Honda CRX HFs. Down here, they get so badly wadded that the occupants quite often bleed out before they can cut the wreckage apart to get to them.


With modern safety gear, the chances of motorcycle rider death have been greatly reduced.

[Fielding]

Ask your friendly insurance agent! Commuting on a bike (powered or pedaled) is Russian roulette>

[Blue Jays]

Hi Fielding-

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 driving in some tiny hybrid...

• 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. The motorcycle is also a lot more enjoyable in the meantime.

~ Blue Jays ~