Motorcycles = smoking?

[GreyAngel]

passing comment in new AA directions magazine. comment or insult....

Road safety messages tend to imply public disobedience is to blame for our road toll. Public safety is not just about disobedience - it also involves providing information about what is and what is not safe, as we do for workplace and public health.

Take motorcycles - like smoking, perfectly legal and highly dangerous. The road toll features too many 40- or 50-year-old men who bought big machines and died on them. Of the 34 motorcyclists who died last year, only nine were not at fault.

http://www.aa.co.nz/aadirections/dri...-Analysis.aspx

[Supermac Jr]

So then it follows logically that riding = smoking = having unprotected sex

we all know the dangers...
blahblahblah

[Drew]

passing comment in new AA directions magazine. comment or insult....

Road safety messages tend to imply public disobedience is to blame for our road toll. Public safety is not just about disobedience - it also involves providing information about what is and what is not safe, as we do for workplace and public health.

Take motorcycles - like smoking, perfectly legal and highly dangerous. The road toll features too many 40- or 50-year-old men who bought big machines and died on them. Of the 34 motorcyclists who died last year, only nine were not at fault.

http://www.aa.co.nz/aadirections/dri...-Analysis.aspx

Dunno if it's an insult, but it does piss me off.

The just under a quarter of the fatalities were not their own demise, how does that compare to cage deaths?

[Maha]

Smoking can be dangerous, dont know about 'highly'...not everyone that smokes dies from a smoking related illness.

Motorcycling can be dangerous, but so can running with a knife. While you are within your rights do both theses things, it is probable that you will survive both acts on any given day.

The use of the word 'IS'... is the insult.

[Taz]

No smoking = stupid......

[slofox]

Smoking, to some degree, adversely affects the health of ALL who smoke. Motorcycling does not. So there!

[The Pastor]

yeah im so dangerous!

[-df-]

Smoking, to some degree, adversely affects the health of ALL who smoke. Motorcycling does not. So there!

2 strokes :P

[Elysium]

I feel so baaaad now.

[Stirts]

Smoking, to some degree, adversely affects the health of ALL who smoke. Motorcycling does not. So there!

Unless of course you are one of the unlucky ones and have a partner who will "adversely affect your health" for spending all your free time out riding.

[elle-f]

it's a good thing I am not a 40-50 year old man then. I feel safe!

[HenryDorsetCase]

the AA is a tool of oppression. They lost my confidence, respect, and money when they supported the introduction of speed cameras. their opinion is worthless, they are bottom feeding scum.

[James Deuce]

The AA are reaching a little to compare the 10s of motorcycling deaths to the 10s of thousands of smoking related deaths every year.

Just cancel your membership. A random passing motorcyclist is usually vastly more helpful than any AA call out.

[MIXONE]

Well that's me farked then.My bike smokes too!

[Ixion]

The AA have a permanent "motorcycles are evil" mindset. It's cos the AA is run by ancient doddering narrow minded bigoted 100 year old fossilised brain dead zombies.