We have lost 13

[FJRider]

Yeah FJRider, I was lucky enough to be *555'd last Sunday. A car driver (woman and bloke in the'r forties) decided I was going round blind corners and touching yellow lines. WTF. Guess they must have been experts ? Or just spurts ?
The police were waiting 10ks down the road . Bike fans as it were !
10 minutes wasted out of my life, thats all !
Lecture wasted on someone like you, they said lol.

The same people ring the Fire Brigade at the first sight of smoke ... Open fire season or not. (Their Civic Duty apparently)

But Police are required to act on complaints that are made. But unless the complainant is prepared to stand up in court as a witness ... or the report dubious .. little action (apart from the lecture) is usually taken. Complaint made ... action taken. Both parties satisfied.

[FJRider]

The more they upskill, the luckier they get?

All the skills in the world wont always save you ... but it may help ....

Ride at the limit of your skills ... and luck is all you rely on ...

[Ulsterkiwi]

An observation made without knowledge of all the numbers and without the intent of flaming: is it me or are there a disproportionate number of serious or fatal accidents in the Waikato? Is it just a population density thing? more bikes there? Am I completely wrong?

All that aside, that sucks, another family experiencing loss and all the fallout of that....horrible.

[James Deuce]

Some of you whinging Grannies should just stop riding bikes. They're not right for you.

[trustme]

Would it be smart to find out what the hell happened before launching into the blame game.

My sympathy to all involved .

[Motu]

I don't think a safe fell out of the sky, but even then someone has to take the blame.

Mind you, I don't think the young truck driver at Rangiriri expected a truck engine to fall out of the sky either.

[Waihou Thumper]

I don't see the point in keeping track of the numbers. for the most part its being in the wrong place at wrong time when someone else makes a major error.
Early days anyway, crashes happen in spikes for some reason...

No, was just quoting. It isn't nice whichever way you look at it...One is too many for anyone concerned.
My thoughts go out to all, related or not...
We are aware, it happens or can happen at anytime....

http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/road-deaths/toll.html

[Kornholio]

Rosco was one of my best mates... Rest easy big fella.

[Conquiztador]

Rosco was one of my best mates... Rest easy big fella.

My sincere condolences to family and friends. This goes to all touched by the death of all 13 this year.

Apart from the earlier mentioned safe falling down on us, we riders are in most cases our own worst enemies. Every intersection, every truck and every car has the ability to kill you. It is your responsibility to make them fail.

[James Deuce]

Every intersection, every truck and every car has the ability to kill you. It is your responsibility to make them fail.

It's a pity more of us aren't Finnish.

[Ocean1]

Number of registered motorcycles in NZ: 65000
Number of motorcyclist deaths in NZ: 13

13/65000 = 0.02%

That's two per thousand.

Some of you obviously don't find that acceptable.

In which case I can only suggest that you'd have to be idiots to continue riding.

[James Deuce]

One didn't need stats to come to that conclusion.

[Ocean1]

One didn't need stats to come to that conclusion.

That makes two if us.

But every time there's a blip in the local death stat's the response is exactly the same: Blame the dead guys for taking risks.

Hypocrisy is always a tad ugly.

[trustme]

Number of registered motorcycles in NZ: 65000
Number of motorcyclist deaths in NZ: 13

13/65000 = 0.02%

That's two per thousand.

Some of you obviously don't find that acceptable.

In which case I can only suggest that you'd have to be idiots to continue riding.

A great many riders own more than one bike . I have friends who have 10 or more & it may come as a surprise to you but they can only ride one at a time

Your analysis of the stats is self serving , you must have learned this from the LTSA

[Mushu]

A great many riders own more than one bike . I have friends who have 10 or more & it may come as a surprise to you but they can only ride one at a time

Your analysis of the stats is self serving , you must have learned this from the LTSA

He has also managed to fudge the numbers against himself, correct me if I'm wrong but 0.02% is two in ten thousand (or one in 5000) but I agree that it is a classic example of stats being used to make a false claim.