U.S. motorcyclist fatalities are projected to decrease in 2013 for the second time since 1997.
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U.S. Motorcycle Fatalities Projected Down for 2013
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Can only hope this holds true. We seem to be having way too many here in the Puget Sound area. Ride safe guys.....
FIZZER6
The Angry Blue Mantis
If I run the math based on those numbers there are around 8.5 million motorcyclists in the US?!
4,900 deaths in one year seemed high till I realized only 0.0005% of motorcyclists are killed on the road in any given year. That's actually not that high considering that their data shows almost 1/3 of motorcycling deaths involved riding over the legal BAC limit and over 1/3 involved excessive speeds and no helmets.
For those of us ATGATT who don't drink and ride and ride defensively the odds are well in our favor.
4,900 deaths in one year seemed high till I realized only 0.0005% of motorcyclists are killed on the road in any given year. That's actually not that high considering that their data shows almost 1/3 of motorcycling deaths involved riding over the legal BAC limit and over 1/3 involved excessive speeds and no helmets.
For those of us ATGATT who don't drink and ride and ride defensively the odds are well in our favor.
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lawlberg
Booth Babe
I've always found it's easier to make projections about the past.
FIZZER6
The Angry Blue Mantis
:cheer: Usually is!
Accident statistics I've read before also seem to indicate that actual accident rates for motorcycles, while admittedly higher than for cars, are in absolute terms still very low.
The local paper in my home town prints seemingly every motorcycle fatality they can. What I wonder is, even though the accident rates for cars are lower, if they printed every car accident fatality would it outweigh the motorcycle fatalities just because there are ten times more cars?
FIZZER6
The Angry Blue Mantis
The media loves to report on Motorcycle accidents because a lot of people don't like motorcyclists so it gets more attention than car accidents. There's a car accident fatality in most towns at least once or twice a week if not more. It's the same way the media only reports on dog attacks if it involved a "Pit bull" or a dog that looked enough like the breed to label it as such.
So what you're saying is that if a pit bull attacks a motorcycle and causes it to wreck, every paper in the country will stop presses and run the story to the printers?
FIZZER6
The Angry Blue Mantis
So what you're saying is that if a pit bull attacks a motorcycle and causes it to wreck, every paper in the country will stop presses and run the story to the printers?
ONLY if the motorcyclist is NOT white and the owner of the pit bull is white!. :thumbup:
lawlberg
Booth Babe
FIZZER6
The Angry Blue Mantis
[MENTION=21887]lawlberg[/MENTION]: she'd love my buddy
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lawlberg
Booth Babe
She's started her trial adoption last night - owner has a cat, but she seems to be doing really well. I think my next foster is probably going to be Blitz - the 70 pound, HW positive gentle giant.
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