Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> Taking a step up, you have cars and trucks and the exact same can be
said.
> And based on the number of car/truck accidents around here almost none
> resulting in injury to the truckdriver while the car drivers are either
> killed or at the least seriously injured maybe we need to consider not
> driving cars anymore either.
"We" don't need to do anything. I choose not to ride a motorcycle, but I
am not trying to make the choice of which vehicle to drive for you or
anyone else except perhaps my daughter.
> Which fails to take int o account the notion that I have a better chance
> of avoiding the accident at the very last minute with my bike which I
> don't have in a car, even my Miata.
I mentioned hitting a deer at 60 mph in my last Miata. I would not have
seen or been able to avoid this animal in any vehicle at that speed, it
was a perfect jump, and a helmet would have made it harder to notice if
anything.
I would probably still be recovering from my injuries had I been on a
motorcycle, assuming that I lived. Instead, both myself and my daughter
were shaken up but completely unhurt.
> One takes reasonable and prudent actions. That does not necessarily
mean
> giving up our life so someone else can enjoy theirs more.
Lots of different perceptions on what is reasonable and prudent, and I
am not suggesting that people quit doing fun and dangerous things.
As long as it does not harm others, I say go for it.
> More hype than reality. Standard seatbelts are seldom 100% effective
> and the kind that would be (6 point racing harness) are illegal in
> street cars almost everywhere at this poiknt and in some locales can
> be used as prima facie evidence of street racing. And I believe that
> Ontario Province has even gone so far as to ban Roll Bars in the last
> year or so!!
Seldom 100% effective? That is a hell of a lot better than never
effective at all because they are not there.
One lady from Houston that posts on here would absolutely be dead
without her safety belt and airbag.
I have a racing harness but I seldom wear it. No problem with roll bar
bans, I can't see that happening anytime soon.
> Funny, that's what the truck drivers in PA say about car drivers.
>
> bill
I have a feeling that Texas has more trucks than PA. One of them ran
into my rear bumper years ago. I was in a car a little bigger than a
Miata and was pushed forward and had a sore neck for a while.
Had I been on a motorcycle, I probably would have ended up underneath
his truck.
That is at least twice that I would have been seriously injured and
possibly killed on a motorcycle, with no amount of skill or experience
possibly saving me.
Instead, a little sheet metal surrounding me took care of the problem
each time.
Pat
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