Lies, Damned Lies, and This!

[Phurrball]

Simply put, you're boss is right...statistically right anyway...

However, you're 100% likely to be happier riding your bike than trading it for a cage because of 'statistical risk'. (time and convenience are also cited here)

There's a reason that riders wave and nod to one another. We know and enjoy something that 'pure' cagers are oblivious to...the sheer pleasure of motorcycling...

...and I fuggin love it - as I'm sure you and every other rider on here does too!

[klingon]

It's dangerous riding a motorbike. It's dangerous riding a pedal bike. It's dangerous being a pedestrian. It's dangerous driving an older car that doesn't have all the airbags and everything-assisted brakes. Driving any vehicle above about 50kph is very dangerous.

Swimming is dangerous. Jogging is dangerous. Going outside when the ground is icy is dangerous. Or even when the ground is wet and slippery. Going up or down wet stairs is positively lethal!

I bet it's more dangerous wearing high-heeled shoes than it is wearing flats. Jandals are dangerous because they don't have a heel-strap to hold them on. Lace-up shoes are dangerous because I know someone who tripped over his laces. You should never just wear socks on a varnished wooden floor.

Every bathroom should have non-slip mats on the floor. In fact you should have a rubber mat on the floor of your bath or shower so you don't slip. You should never stand on a chair to reach a high cupboard.

Head injuries due to accidents in the home would be reduced considerably if everyone crawled instead of walking. They would be almost completely eliminated if we all slithered around on our bellies instead of crawling. While wearing helmets.

[rocketman1]

All good things involve risk, I done many risky things in my life, Driving drunk when I was younger, Surfing, I could have drowned; Snow skiing, I could hit a rock or broken a leg;Water skiing, break my neck; Tramping, get lost fall down or fall down a cliff; Fishing, the boat could sink and could have drowned; Cycling, take your life in your hands; Eating fatty foods, have a heart attack; Smoking, get lung cancer; Drive a car, enough said; Walking through the city late a night, get beaten up by low lifes; and many others.... wow it seems there are few dangers out there aye.
Riding a motorbike is another danger, My colleagues at work advise me of the risks of riding a motorbike, like.........., as if I didn't know.
Just tell you boss to curl up on little sofa at home, and dont venture outside, its a dangerous world, safer to just watch sport and recreation on TV.
God help him if we have another war, that thought will get him real scared.

[Supermac Jr]

my boss doesn't give me any trouble about the bike.
Um maybe is't because he also rides...

I do get the occasional 'take it easy' comment - all goood!!

[bogan]

Simply put, you're boss is right...statistically right anyway...

However, you're 100% likely to be happier riding your bike than trading it for a cage because of 'statistical risk'. (time and convenience are also cited here)

There's a reason that riders wave and nod to one another. We know and enjoy something that 'pure' cagers are oblivious to...the sheer pleasure of motorcycling...

...and I fuggin love it - as I'm sure you and every other rider on here does too!

exactly, its pretty hard to get that point across though. He just made me wonder what the actual probability was.

I think he's a bit put off cos he fell off a horse and confused '4's with 'g's for a while, bit of a pansy if you ask me.

One of the other benefits that I don't think is considered to often, is on a motorcycle you're far less likely to cause injury to somebody else, both cos its easier to avoid the accident, and you carry less mass, so less damage to the other party.

[gatch]

I remember my mates flatmate asking me: "Why do you ride 1 of those death machine?", my reply was: "Because I love riding those death machines"!

Gold.. Death machines, I'll have to remember that when I tell people about my hobbies.

[Conquiztador]

Ask your boss if he gets a wave from all other car drivers...

Lifestyle.

[MarkH]

I know that it is much more dangerous to ride a bike than drive a car - but I am an adrenaline junkie and I delight in taking risks.

Apart from riding I also cross the road as a pedestrian - I am sure there are stats to back up the assertion that crossing the road is dangerous, in fact potentially fatally so!

I have on a couple of occasions been fishing - the most dangerous sport in the country (in terms of fatalaties). In fact I had an uncle that died fishing (RIP).

I have also been tramping - I am sure we are all familiar with various cases in the news where someone has died tramping (including the Te Papa guy + companion - RIP).

I also handle and cook raw chicken (raw before I cook it, obviously) most weeks - big health risk, fatalities are possible.

I guess I am just a crazy risk taking fool!

[Badjelly]

...So taking rider fault into account the chance of death is 2.18% for 50 years of riding.

Without rider fault accidents the chance of death is 0.58% for 50 years of riding.

Dunno about you guys but I can certainly live with those odds!

Your call.

I'm not so sure about the assumption of no rider fault, though. You never make mistakes?

[kevfromcoro]

It's dangerous riding a motorbike. It's dangerous riding a pedal bike. It's dangerous being a pedestrian. It's dangerous driving an older car that doesn't have all the airbags and everything-assisted brakes. Driving any vehicle above about 50kph is very dangerous.

Swimming is dangerous. Jogging is dangerous. Going outside when the ground is icy is dangerous. Or even when the ground is wet and slippery. Going up or down wet stairs is positively lethal!

I bet it's more dangerous wearing high-heeled shoes than it is wearing flats. Jandals are dangerous because they don't have a heel-strap to hold them on. Lace-up shoes are dangerous because I know someone who tripped over his laces. You should never just wear socks on a varnished wooden floor.

Every bathroom should have non-slip mats on the floor. In fact you should have a rubber mat on the floor of your bath or shower so you don't slip. You should never stand on a chair to reach a high cupboard.

Head injuries due to accidents in the home would be reduced considerably if everyone crawled instead of walking. They would be almost completely eliminated if we all slithered around on our bellies instead of crawling. While wearing helmets.

How true..
i read somewhere that a lady died by accidently dropping her hair dryer in the bath..
so lets all ban hair dryers..... and irons... and heaters.. and toasters,
toasters are a definit risk. to your heath.
were does it stop..

just keep riding. and tell ya boss to shove it.
or even beter
take him for a ride.................

[bogan]

Your call.

I'm not so sure about the assumption of no rider fault, though. You never make mistakes?

course I make mistakes, though I like to think I make less than the average rider. Just thought that'd be an interesting way to manipulate the stats, and I'd be far more pissed off if someone else takes me out, not so much if I do it myself.