tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13520267.post3346362711609356560..comments2023-12-11T02:23:53.561-06:00Comments on The Great Motorcycle Pizza Tour: Quite ContraryLuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481824369632937289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13520267.post-73301507266058054682007-04-07T14:18:00.000-05:002007-04-07T14:18:00.000-05:00In an interesting coincidence, I was talking to a ...In an interesting coincidence, I was talking to a friend who's an Oregon State Police trooper. As of April 3 Oregon had just experienced its 100th traffic fatality for 2007. That's in three months! It figures out to be one death about every 18 hours.<BR/><BR/>If it was anythng but driving people would be outraged. "This activity must stop until we the government can implement more laws to deal with it!" Yet driving has become one of those weird things where nobody does much to improve their skills and just turns a blind eye to the statistics.<BR/><BR/>Being on a bike makes me safer, I feel, because I know what will happen if I don't get good information and make good decisions. It's not the cars that are dangerous, it's the complacency the drivers of cars show.<BR/><BR/>In the bike arena, about half our motorcycle fatalities have alcohol involved. Only a third are legally intoxicated which means the biggest culprit is impairment. Most of the impaired riding happens because riders don't want to risk leaving high dollar bikes behind. About 85 percent of the fatalities happen in corners. The crash occurs in the last third of the corner which means the rider wasn't looking far enough ahead to get all the information before they committed themselves. <BR/><BR/>Like your MSF instructor said, you can't be bulletproof but there's a lot you can do to take care of yourself!<BR/><BR/>Sorry to put up such a long comment. It's your fault because you put up a deep post!!!<BR/><BR/>DanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13520267.post-66012716742566037522007-04-04T10:45:00.000-05:002007-04-04T10:45:00.000-05:00I feel just like you. I hate cages, period, but r...I feel just like you. I hate cages, period, but really hate driving one in traffic.<BR/>JohnCombatscoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071295308408784447noreply@blogger.com