Statistics say Chicks on bikes are bloody dangerous!

[skidMark]

Chick is more likely to report a lowside etc, usually less mechanical knowledge etc... (not meant to offend) so they report all accidents... most gys i know have a lowside... and are like... screw it, spraycan, it's all good!

Also alot of chicks ride scooters to uni etc... and cant ride to save themselves... these also get counted as motorcycle usually... not sure if appliccable in this case...

[idleidolidyll]

Statistics are like bikinis - they are more interesting for what they don't reveal, rather than for what they do.

I would have said that women riders are safer in many respects in the same way that women drivers are safer. There is no testosterone coursing through the right hand, for a start.

so given that your post says stats are more interesting for what they don't say, exactly how do you draw that statpinion from them if not from pure non statistical opinion?

mars and venus; i don't fathom your reasoning; please elucidate

[davebullet]

indecision or the wrong decision are the differet causes of accidents. Men make more wrong decisions, women are more indecisive when motoring. Just observe women at round-a-bouts. They miss openings. Just observe guys at round-a-bouts - they gun it when they should leave it.

[MsKABC]

so given that your post says stats are more interesting for what they don't say, exactly how do you draw that statpinion from them if not from pure non statistical opinion?

mars and venus; i don't fathom your reasoning; please elucidate

Don't get your panties in a bunch. All I'm saying is that statistics can be used to say anything you want and they usually don't tell the whole story.

For example, I could say that a KB member with 1247 posts to their name and a blue repmeter most talk a whole lot more shit than another KB member with 550-odd posts and a green repmeter. This interpretation of the statistics might be completely erroneous however.

[idleidolidyll]

See now theres your first assumption, assuming the owners = riders.

nah, as i mention later, I rode some of my wifes bikes more than she did.

Those 2 stats could actually be totally unrelated, i.e. i dont have to own or register a bike to crash it, just have access to it.

could be indeed but those are probably what the beurocrats in the beehive pay attention to.

a problem that's bigger: unregistered bike accidents sour the numbers even more: motocrossers, farmers etc

So if i rent a bike and crash it I dont fall under that 11% of female ownership, cos I didn't own it, simply borrowed it for a bit, but I would still have found my way into the crash stats.

indeed, and if you did just that we wouldn't be surprised given the stats.............

If I borrowed a mates bike, then flipped it as i wheelied down the road, I would still be in those crash stats.

and if you did just that we wouldn't be surprised given the stats.............

Do nifty50s come in under bike registration or car? I can never remember.

sorry dear, you'll have to talk to the man about that, i'm just commenting on what some chick offered as stats

Stats are funny things, so easy to flip around to suit your point of view, and really mean absolutely nothing without context.

hell yes! context: chicks on bikes have more accidents per km than blokes on bikes and probably per km too

...and we all know III is just after a shit stir, cos chick riders are far better than their male counterparts

Hoo Meee?

[idleidolidyll]

Don't get your panties in a bunch. All I'm saying is that statistics can be used to say anything you want and they usually don't tell the whole story.

For example, I could say that a KB member with 1247 posts to their name and a blue repmeter most talk a whole lot more shit than another KB member with 550-odd posts and a green repmeter. This interpretation of the statistics might be completely erroneous however.

my panties aint in a bunch, they're still wrapped around the mrs fanny

i'm havin a great time with this one, chuckle

[MsKABC]

i'm havin a great time with this one, chuckle

Well, you know what they say about small things.

[idleidolidyll]

indecision or the wrong decision are the differet causes of accidents. Men make more wrong decisions, women are more indecisive when motoring. Just observe women at round-a-bouts. They miss openings. Just observe guys at round-a-bouts - they gun it when they should leave it.

wot no bodee is sed yett iz thatt chiks mite hav les serius accerdints then bloks

ime disapoyntitted

[idleidolidyll]

Well, you know what they say about small things.

hel yess, thatz uh preddy smal poste yoo jus maid

[PrincessBandit]

my apologies, going by the chicks i've seen take helmets off, about 11%...............but 17% are REALLY ugly

But we have way sexier arses than you guys.

Chick is more likely to report a lowside etc, usually less mechanical knowledge etc... (not meant to offend) so they report all accidents... most gys i know have a lowside... and are like... screw it, spraycan, it's all good!

That's a good point. I am happy to accept that some women may disagree with me I would suspect that we're more likely to report accidents than blokes, and we probably do have differing ideas on assessing the "severity" of the results.

[idleidolidyll]

But we have way sexier arses than you guys.

Hell yes!, well some of you do anyway.

gotta go folks, wifey's all hot and gettin nikked

might come back and soil the keyboard later

its been real

[Cheshire Cat]

kiss my ass

[flame]

all my races are in the past lady, i have nothing to prove to you or anyone on a race track. you might learn that lesson one day.

besides, i'm a fat balding grandad with a damaged spine (mountainbike accident) and i ride a gutless 60hp chook chaser: if i beat you, you'd have to commit hare krishna; if you beat me i point to the above stats.

you lose either way

however, you can come around and look at my cups and you're always welcome to listen to my exhaust note on the SATNR

Hmm fat and bald and apparently retired. Perhaps its time you stopped bitching about how dangerous us chicks are on the road and bought yourself a mobility scooter so you'd keep out of our way

[idleidolidyll]

well, it's more than 30 seconds later and mrs idle is happy............................

Lies, damn lies and statistics:

19. Motorcycle riders between the ages of 16 and 24 are significantly over-represented in accidents; motorcycle riders between the ages of 30 and 50 are significantly under represented. Although the majority of the accident-involved motorcycle riders are male (96%), the female motorcycle riders are significantly over represented in the accident data.

And this is from septic tank land where hogglies and motorways are the norm: probly different here where hogglies are less representative and twisty potholed roads covered in gravel without warning signs are 'normal'
http://www.motorcycle-accidents.com/pages/stats.html

of course i did frame the google query to support my argument..................snigger

[idleidolidyll]

Hmm fat and bald and apparently retired. Perhaps its time you stopped bitching about how dangerous us chicks are on the road and bought yourself a mobility scooter so you'd keep out of our way

no, not retired, just a little 'tarded: i ride orange ya know

i gots me wunna dem moblitee scootaz, it's gotta RC8 mota, wanna sit on my lap sweetie?