No helmet,d,ont cry![bob marley] Seriuosly,I have been thru montana this past summer,and I swear my wife and I must have gone at least 30 miles btween speed signs,if not more.Shame because they have wonderful roads and very little traffic between towns.
Twenty-year high. But not the good kind.
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I think this is really simple.
The first 6-months of riding after you get your license shall be on a Royal Enfield Bullet of up to 500cc capacity.
Any infraction during the first year and you are restricted to a 350cc Royal Enfield and daylight hours of operation only.
Repeat offense? Your motorcycle endorsement is suspended, your Royal Enfield is impounded and you must complete 50 hours service on Royal Enifelds during a 6-month probationary period.
The first 6-months of riding after you get your license shall be on a Royal Enfield Bullet of up to 500cc capacity.
Any infraction during the first year and you are restricted to a 350cc Royal Enfield and daylight hours of operation only.
Repeat offense? Your motorcycle endorsement is suspended, your Royal Enfield is impounded and you must complete 50 hours service on Royal Enifelds during a 6-month probationary period.
It's not like motorcycles are suddenly unsafe,'' he said. It's a function of the number of motorcycles more than anything else.''
Correction: more unsafe. No point in pretending that motorcycles are a safe mode of transportation. They are not. And yes, any motorcycle over 100 HP
should require a special license to operate with stringent requirements. These kids will be needed for the war effort in Iran.
Correction: more unsafe. No point in pretending that motorcycles are a safe mode of transportation. They are not. And yes, any motorcycle over 100 HP
should require a special license to operate with stringent requirements. These kids will be needed for the war effort in Iran.
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Seems like their is some denial going on in Montana and here the GPTB on MO. The number of deaths go up by 37 percent but folks say that it's just because the number of motorcycles increased. Doubt that explains it. Did the number of registrations go up by a corresponding 37%? No. Seruzawa I think the answer is the lack of a helmet law. A one year thing doesn't make a long-term trend. But I would wager next year will be higher than last year.
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The number of riders went up by 37%? I didn't read that. I doubt that was true. Probably the number of riders went up by 7%. So that means that something else is going on. Hmm helmet laws you think?
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You make a good point. But I think it is hard to tell from 2 years of data. It is probably the combination of squids riding powerful sportbikes , older riders riding big bikes and the lack of a helmet law. Hard to tell with out further information.
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Lies, dammed lies and statistics
The number of bikes registered doubled but the raw accidents increased only 33% between 1997 and this year. So what's the problem?
The % of fatalities/ number of bikes went from about .12% to about .16% for this year. And this is likely just a random blip. Maybe some cager went into Zoloft induced psychosis and ran some bikers down. Maybe the proliferation of cell phones caused cagers to become even more unaware than usual. Who knows?
Statisics in the absence of the supporting data are pretty worthless. But statistics are real handy for "proving" that power lines cause cancer and other such bs.
The number of bikes registered doubled but the raw accidents increased only 33% between 1997 and this year. So what's the problem?
The % of fatalities/ number of bikes went from about .12% to about .16% for this year. And this is likely just a random blip. Maybe some cager went into Zoloft induced psychosis and ran some bikers down. Maybe the proliferation of cell phones caused cagers to become even more unaware than usual. Who knows?
Statisics in the absence of the supporting data are pretty worthless. But statistics are real handy for "proving" that power lines cause cancer and other such bs.
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