Next it will be compulsory hi-viz.
Or ban black helmets.
Maybe a MINIMUM 100db motorcycle exhaust policy
There's no worship in training from me, the focus being self preservation. Silly thing is that I've seen training pay dividends in the transport industry, even if I may have been reluctant at first to go along with some of the approaches to stuff I reckoned I already knew.
Just as there's a difference between a rider who has ridden his whole life, versus one who may have had the licence since age 15 but only had 2 years riding in that time. Which one do we expect to do better in an emergency situation? Apply a bit of ongoing training and the odds improve again, that's how I view training of any kind after obtaining the licence...improving the odds of avoiding a mishap, regardless of who is to blame. And let's be fair, starting with situational awareness, how many riders shrink their own margin for safety to the point where hospital food is inevitable at the slightest error on anyone's part?
A couple of points.....
1. The belief that public roads double as racetracks is still extremely common among New Zealand motorcyclists and until we change that attitude we will continue to see unflattering statistics.
2. There is an appalling number of motorcyclists out there who seem incapable of concentrating on what they're doing to the level required to minimise the associated risks of motorcycling. I once had someone on here say to me "but you can't be expected to concentrate the whole time". I'm still staggered by the stupidity of that comment.
You'd have to be a retard to think that after a year (or less) of riding you know everything there is to know about riding a bike. Hell, I've been riding since 1982 and, while I'd call myself (as have others) a competant rider, I'm still a learner and will be till the day I die.
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin (1706-90)
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending to much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"Motorcycling is not inherently dangerous. It is, however, EXTREMELY unforgiving of inattention, ignorance, incompetence and stupidity!" - Anonymous
"Live to Ride, Ride to Live"
There's been an interesting series in the Herald this week. In the second article someone analysed the holiday period accidents for the last 5 years.
I'm not sure whether they assigned multiple causes to each accident, but the main cause was not speed or alcohol, but loss of control. Not what the police would have us believe.
Another interesting finding that personality is also a factor. People who tend to take risks are often those who have accidents. Funny that.
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the current approach to road safety is not working, especially during the holidays.
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How many folks towing race or stock car trailers are law abiding? Same for adventure sports enthusiasts. Bikers are no different really. Portion of any group which can be easily identified will be stereotyped by the worst behavior displayed.
Ditto for me, plenty of years riding but always learning...
We must resist picking on the challenged...
This recent research out of Virginia Tech makes for interesting reading. Yes, it is US based, but that doesn't detract from the findings...
Summary:
http://www.revzilla.com/common-tread...r-motorcycles?
Full report - 20 pages:
https://www.msf-usa.org/downloads/ms...tudy_Paper.pdf
I crunched the numbers over a year back, there is a lot of detailed low level information if you know where to look
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...ash+statistics
As for the article, it is worth noting it was proportion, cars got a lot safer post 2000's, bikes have not as we can't have airbags.
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