Comment by embedding-shape
16 hours ago
> That's the thing. On a bike you can do everything right and still lose.
Same with a car, or anything really.
The point of parent stands, globally there are billions of people going through their lives with motorcycles as their main vehicles, yet aren't involved in any life-changing accidents.
Some places are more dangerous than others, probably places that doesn't have this already motorcycle-heavy culture, like other countries in the world, has a higher incident rate and more severe accidents, as drivers aren't aware of how motorcycles usually operate.
Please don't say accident when you really mean crash.
Promote language of responsibility and accountability.
Most crashes, but not all, are accidents. I think I'm talking about accidents, not crashes.
Someone is always at fault.
Look into auto lobby and this "accident" term history.
Use the language of accountability.
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I live in Indonesia. We have the highest per-capita rate of bike ownership in the world.
I have seen what happens to motorcycle riders when there are accidents and I have seen what happens to car drivers when there are accidents. I won't get into the gory details but I avoid using bikes as much as possible.
And I've seen what happens when pedestrians get hit by a car going way too fast, it sucks, and is horrible, but also besides the point. Not to say one has worse/better accidents, motorcycles accidents obviously has a much higher fatality and serious injuries risk, hard to deny.
>but also besides the point.
Hard disagree.
Both pedestrians and motorcyclists are raw to the elements, entirely. At least when on roadways an automobile provides a chassis/rollcage.
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Crashes. Not accidents.
Accidents. Not everything is under the driver's control, nor does it happen due to their intention (or even necessarily due to their lack of attention or whatever).
There's a reason the term accident is used (I know at least 10 countries where the meaning is the same).
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