Re: Crazy beemers

XS11E wrote:

> Agreed, I got mine as a replacement for motorcycling when I was no 
> longer able to ride.  It's fun but it's not a satisfactory replacement, 
> unfortunately.

I have been rear-ended 4 times in an automobile. 3 of those would have 
definitely injured me. Instead, zero injuries.
I hit a deer in my Miata at 60mph. That would have either seriously 
injured me or killed me if I had been riding a two-wheeler. Again, zero 
injuries.

The cop that was killed while escorting Clinton in Dallas was on a 
motorcycle, as were two other police officers who were escorting 
President Bush in Nevada and Hawaii just in the last year.

I also have two friends who each have a leg pinned together after being 
hit by a car and using their legs as the side-impact bar.

I would consider riding a motorcycle on a roadway that only allowed 
other motorcycles. Sharing the road with large vehicles is so unsafe, 
imo, that no amount of fun could possibly make up for it.

Yeah, I know I can get creamed in my little Miata, but at least a small 
push from behind by a pickup truck while waiting at a stop light won't 
have me spilled out on the ground next to my vehicle.

Pat