Wednesday, June 04, 2008
The Problem with Motorcycles
Uncle Billy thinks I should ride a motorcycle to work. The problem is that according to the Insurance Institute, the fatality rate for motorcycles is 35 times that rate for automobiles. And while I have enough life insurance to get my kids through college, I would like to think that they would miss me.
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You either want to ride a bike, or you don't. For the money, you can't touch the gas mileage with anything else. But, yes... you are sitting on top of 400-600 lbs of machinery, and not a safety device in sight. Other than your brain of course.
To be fair, Smart Cars and Scooters were included as alternatives (though I'd hate to hit a pebble with a scooter's tiny wheel, doing 65 on the 405). Interesting though that you homed in on just the motorcycles!
Ok enough with the motorcycles: Now I can't get the image of Paul Volcker and Paul Krugman out of my head -- leather jackets, rolled up jeans and cigars, sitting astride their Indians and whistling as the townies walk by.
Nic eto see they care so much about you. I think motorcycles are quite dangerous.
Many many comments regarding scooters in a post on the calculated risk blog:
http://www.haloscan.com/comments/calculatedrisk/8377348400375194342/
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