Let's see 4 folks killed during bike week out of how many? Sounds like the odds were beaten by all but the poor bastards who died. Note of the ones listed in the article, all but one were caused by STUPID car drivers. How can you NOT see a bike during bike week, I mean DAMN!
Now may be I am a bit cranky because I could not go to Bike Week because some a$$hole changed lanes into the HOV lane (and then just sat there with no one in front of them, then took off after I crashed. Thank GOD I expect them to pull over in front of me, I had already slowed quite a bit, the not moving was a twist I did not anticipate) in Atlanta causing me to either hit him, hit the wall, go into the full traffic lane or drop the bike. Per the witness in the car behind me 'he had no choice but hit the car or drop the bike'. The shoulder has grates that parallell the flow of traffic, nice huh, ain't going over there. 2 months later (and one really pretty scare on my knee to fix it), I am finally back at work with a repaired knee cap, healing road rash, some still sore joints and less one very good helmet (now with chucks missing) and riding suit (cut off by the ER folks).
What is the point of all this, well, crashing sucks, but brain dead car drivers really suck, and that is what killed all but one of the folks (and who knows if a car was involoved or not in the ran off the road crash) in the article. To hell with the helmet law issue, apparently did matter for these folks. Damn pity we have to keep dying and getting injured because some folks in cars just do not pay attention!
BTW, I rode my sidecar rig to work this morning just out of pure spite of the cardiots. And yes, I drove her in the HOV lane.....
And remember, BOYCOTT STURGIS....
BigJames