On your bike
So, Bank Holiday Monday saw the number of biker deaths in and around Plymouth rise to 12 this year.
All this despite a high-profile campaign backed by the police and the Plymouth Herald warning bikers to, yknow, be a bit more careful. Gee, thanks for that.
Don’t get us wrong – we’re all for promoting driver safety, but the thing is, you could be the most careful biker ever, and still end up coming a cropper on the roads.
Motorcyclists have about as much chance of surviving a collision as someone stolling up the middle of the motorway. And most people don’t stroll at 80mph…
People get on their bikes knowing the risks – indeed, in some cases the risks make riding bikes even more exhilarating.
In these days of 4×4s and people carriers, no-one can really claim ignorance as to what can happen if a motorcycle is involved in an accident.
But it’s such a leap of faith to get on the thing in the first place, riders almost become blind to the risks.
It really is analogous to the likes of smoking or drug taking. There’s been stuff in the news today about putting pictures of knackered lungs on cigarette packets. How long will it be before we see similar warnings attached to motorbikes?
Warning – riding a motorcycle on the roads today is pretty bonkers.
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Posted by Thin White Duke
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