Khalil.e
10-10-2009, 10:46 PM
Fractuality - 12 Fatality Facts for Motorcycles 2008
The data is out and analyzed. If you want to read it all for yourself visit this link here: http://www.iihs.org/research/fatality_facts_2008/motorcycles.html
But knowing the attention span of most people (and most riders) here's the digested version.
1. Wear a helmet motherfucker, unless no one loves you and you don't owe anyone money you don't have. As the article states at the top:
Because serious head injury is common among fatally injured motorcyclists, helmet use is important. Helmets are about 37 percent effective in preventing motorcycle deaths and about 67 percent effective in preventing brain injuries
2. You are solely responsible when you crash, and half the time there's not even anyone else around to blame. Almost half of accidents were single vehicle (46%). That means you and only you rode beyond your limit.
3. Just because your state doesn't mandate a helmet doesn't mean you shouldn't wear one. There's a proportional relationship between people wearing helmets and states mandating that they wear one. That means if the state says wear a fucking helmet then you probably will.
4. Just because you're old doesn't mean you're a safe rider. Old fuckers (older than 50, you know who you are) are now the SECOND most likely to kill themselves on a motorcycle, right after people younger than 29. People in their 30's however have gone from being second most likely to the LEAST likely to crash. Yay 30 somethings.
5. Men suck. 91% of dead riders were male.
6. If you're a woman you're better off riding alone than riding bitch. 64% of women who were killed were riding on the back. And mostly women ride on the back. 89% of passengers killed were women.
7. Buying a bigger bike doesn't mean you can handle it. The number of people dying on bikes with engines larger than 1000cc's is going up. Fast. This is in contrast to people with smaller engines which are declining in fatalities.
8. Nice weather means use more caution. There were more deaths between May to September than any other months. If you don't ride regularly, don't just break out the motorcycle. Practice in a parkinglot first.
9. Weekends are way more dangerous than commuting. 42% of deaths happened on Sat and Sun as opposed to the entire rest of the week. Monday - Wednesday were the lowest. Remember commuters are USED to commuting. People on weekends aren't paying any fucking attention.
10. Later is NOT better for riding - riding between 3 and 9pm is more risky than early morning or late evening.
11. Heavily traveled roads, OTHER than highways, are the most dangerous. This is far more true in rural rather than urban environments.
12. You booze, you lose. 43% of waste cases were wasted. This is especially true after 9pm when 58% of people stopping more suddenly than they meant to were drunk.
Remember stats don't mean dick. Until you become one. Use your skills (assuming you have some) wisely and ride safe.
:)
The data is out and analyzed. If you want to read it all for yourself visit this link here: http://www.iihs.org/research/fatality_facts_2008/motorcycles.html
But knowing the attention span of most people (and most riders) here's the digested version.
1. Wear a helmet motherfucker, unless no one loves you and you don't owe anyone money you don't have. As the article states at the top:
Because serious head injury is common among fatally injured motorcyclists, helmet use is important. Helmets are about 37 percent effective in preventing motorcycle deaths and about 67 percent effective in preventing brain injuries
2. You are solely responsible when you crash, and half the time there's not even anyone else around to blame. Almost half of accidents were single vehicle (46%). That means you and only you rode beyond your limit.
3. Just because your state doesn't mandate a helmet doesn't mean you shouldn't wear one. There's a proportional relationship between people wearing helmets and states mandating that they wear one. That means if the state says wear a fucking helmet then you probably will.
4. Just because you're old doesn't mean you're a safe rider. Old fuckers (older than 50, you know who you are) are now the SECOND most likely to kill themselves on a motorcycle, right after people younger than 29. People in their 30's however have gone from being second most likely to the LEAST likely to crash. Yay 30 somethings.
5. Men suck. 91% of dead riders were male.
6. If you're a woman you're better off riding alone than riding bitch. 64% of women who were killed were riding on the back. And mostly women ride on the back. 89% of passengers killed were women.
7. Buying a bigger bike doesn't mean you can handle it. The number of people dying on bikes with engines larger than 1000cc's is going up. Fast. This is in contrast to people with smaller engines which are declining in fatalities.
8. Nice weather means use more caution. There were more deaths between May to September than any other months. If you don't ride regularly, don't just break out the motorcycle. Practice in a parkinglot first.
9. Weekends are way more dangerous than commuting. 42% of deaths happened on Sat and Sun as opposed to the entire rest of the week. Monday - Wednesday were the lowest. Remember commuters are USED to commuting. People on weekends aren't paying any fucking attention.
10. Later is NOT better for riding - riding between 3 and 9pm is more risky than early morning or late evening.
11. Heavily traveled roads, OTHER than highways, are the most dangerous. This is far more true in rural rather than urban environments.
12. You booze, you lose. 43% of waste cases were wasted. This is especially true after 9pm when 58% of people stopping more suddenly than they meant to were drunk.
Remember stats don't mean dick. Until you become one. Use your skills (assuming you have some) wisely and ride safe.
:)