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NEWS: Inferno Cop Voice Actor Junichi Goto Passes Away in Motorcycle Accident at 40

NEVER ride motorcycles or bicycles if you value long life. RIP.

cookiemanstah wrote:

NEVER ride motorcycles or bicycles if you value long life. RIP.

Heck. Just sit at home on your computer doing nothing. You will probably die at 45 of obesity due to lack of exercise and poor diet but you have never done anything "dangerous" and your life will be so boring and tedious that it will feel like you have been sitting there for at least a century.

SMH.

70 years, 50, 40, 20. Whatever. Life is short. Live it.

Motorcycles have a few major differences that make them inherently more dangerous.

Any motorcyclist will be quick to tell you skill and smarts are key to staying alive and in one piece. And the statistics don't sort out irresponsible motorcyclists from responsible ones. But all motorcyclists start out with some disadvantages. Because they have two wheels instead of four, the driver's balance and driving abilities — including quick reflexes — play a more critical role. And a motorcyclist rides out in the open, rather than inside the steel cage of a car frame. The resulting sense of freedom makes motorcycles so appealing to so many people, but it also comes with risk. And because motorcycles are more difficult to see than cars, they're more likely to be hit by other drivers. Without a car's structural protection, a motorcycle rider involved in a crash is more likely to suffer serious or fatal injuries.

Meanwhile, even as automotive manufacturers develop new technology to make cars even safer, motorcycle manufacturers have fewer options. Motorcycle features such as mirrors with larger fields of view, brighter headlights and motorcycle airbags can help reduce risk of a crash or the severity of an injury. But in general, motorcycles aren't marketed as safer than the previous year's model or the competitor's model, and they lack the technology-driven safety features available in new cars. Motorcycle drivers don't have time to check out a rear-view camera, for example. Motorcyclists can't afford to be distracted by a lane-departure warning.

Fred Lougee wrote:

cookiemanstah wrote: NEVER ride motorcycles or bicycles if you value long life. RIP. Heck. Just sit at home on your computer doing nothing. You will probably die at 45 of obesity due to lack of exercise and poor diet but you have never done anything "dangerous" and your life will be so boring and tedious that it will feel like you have been sitting there for at least a century. SMH. 70 years, 50, 40, 20. Whatever. Life is short. Live it.

Way to strawman the argument. I suppose you ride one yourself? Sadly, it is an undeniable fact that riding a motorcycle is 27-29 times more dangerous/deadly than riding a car (depending on the study).

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Motorcycles have a few major differences that make them inherently more dangerous. Any motorcyclist will be quick to tell you skill and smarts are key to staying alive and in one piece. And the statistics don't sort out irresponsible motorcyclists from responsible ones. But all motorcyclists start out with some disadvantages. Because they have two wheels instead of four, the driver's balance and driving abilities — including quick reflexes — play a more critical role. And a motorcyclist rides out in the open, rather than inside the steel cage of a car frame. The resulting sense of freedom makes motorcycles so appealing to so many people, but it also comes with risk. And because motorcycles are more difficult to see than cars, they're more likely to be hit by other drivers. Without a car's structural protection, a motorcycle rider involved in a crash is more likely to suffer serious or fatal injuries. Meanwhile, even as automotive manufacturers develop new technology to make cars even safer, motorcycle manufacturers have fewer options. Motorcycle features such as mirrors with larger fields of view, brighter headlights and motorcycle airbags can help reduce risk of a crash or the severity of an injury. But in general, motorcycles aren't marketed as safer than the previous year's model or the competitor's model, and they lack the technology-driven safety features available in new cars. Motorcycle drivers don't have time to check out a rear-view camera, for example. Motorcyclists can't afford to be distracted by a lane-departure warning.

And this is hardly the appropriate time and place to try to make such a point. It comes off incredibly insensitive.