Comment on 'Have a second look': Surge in motorcycle deaths prompts desperate plea to drivers

• unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I reckon you’re still more likely to walk away from a crash between two cars than one between two motorcycles

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  • uniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Crash between two motorcycles is such an edge case it doesn’t even matter. Car hitting a motorcycle is the leading cause of death and ijury for motorcycle. The person operating the machine most capable of killing others is responsible for not killing others

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    • unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      But if we all rode motorcycles, this wouldn’t be an edge case; we would all be less safe. This, if everyone drove cars we would be safer. Safe cars can be had second hand for cheap, hence it is the choice of the rider to forego safety when riding a motorcycle. I’m not saying it’s unreasonable to ask that car drivers stay aware of motorcycles, but to make them wholly responsible for the safety of motorcyclists is ridiculous

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      • uniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        thats a reduction of the topic beyond whats reasonable. I did not say that motrcyclists were not responsible for their own safety. What I have said is that car drivers are also responsible for rider safety.

        Motorcycles are most dangerous to the operator, the operator must take responsibility for their safety.

        Cars are most dangerous to everyone who is not the operator, therefore the operator is responsible for their safety too.

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