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Originally Posted by chewie
I'm buying an aeroplane. Just a wee one.
fwiw - a coppa mate of mine said that he figured half the deaths on motorbikes were the fault of the rider - no figures to back it up but it wouldn't surprise me.
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Sure there's figures. I'm not going to look them up right now, but it's the old story:
Drinking & riding.
Drugs & riding.
Excessive speed.
Riding at night, or too fast at night (beyond headlights).
Failure to negotiate a turn.
Target fixation.
Animals.
Running off the road.
Killing your passenger due to inexperience.
I'd bet 75% are the riders "fault.." Just because you legally can ride at night does not make it equally as safe as riding in the daytime. Or, you hit an animal, it may be considered your fault.
I'm not even going into the atgatt aspects.
The list goes on and on. It seems endless due to miscalculations or brain farts or poor judgement. Be aware, be very aware.
There's an unfortunate rider in the Salt Lake Tribune today who was following a slow moving truck. He couldn't take it and tried to pass the truck on the right. Unfortunately, the trucker decided to pull over on the right just at that point in time; killing the rider by knocking him down and running him over with the rear truck tires.