May 29th, 2013, 05:50 PM | #1 | |
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May 29th, 2013, 06:07 PM | #2 |
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I once had one of my buddies who ride a VTX 1800 tell me that his limit when he was riding was 8 beers. I was shocked. When I hear of a single vehicle accident involving a cruiser late at night alcohol is the first thing I think of as the cause.
I'm 100% with Jono on this one. Don't do it....period. Save the drinks for after the ride, it's worth it. Plus they taste better after a good day of riding.
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May 29th, 2013, 06:12 PM | #3 |
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After reading this more closely, I see that Ohio has a low number of fatal accidents but the highest percentage of alcohol related accidents.
Way to represent the buckeye state.
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May 29th, 2013, 06:18 PM | #4 |
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81,000 injuries and 8,437,502 registered motorcycles so less than 1% of motorcyclists are injured. 4,323 out of 8,437,502 registered so 0.05% chance of getting killed.
Every time I go on youtube and see all the crash compilations it makes me think I'm going to ride down the street and get hit by a car at least three times lol. However, I wonder how many of those registered motorcycles are just sitting in the garage or only go a few thousand miles a year and skew the statistics. |
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May 30th, 2013, 08:35 AM | #5 | |
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And seriously? 40% of killed riders were wearing no helmet?? Even if it's not illegal in whatever state, you deserve to be fatally injured if you're riding without one. Sorry for sounding like a dick. |
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May 30th, 2013, 08:42 AM | #6 |
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I was reflecting about alchohol the other day, I had some wine -like 3 glassess felt a little buzz was chopping some garlic and nipped my thumb. I then thought what if i made a silly mistake on a bike. Not drinking ever for sure while/before a ride. EVER!!
Also speeding- big no no on the streets. Highway more visibility and stay within reason of the limit... |
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May 30th, 2013, 08:46 AM | #7 |
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This was my biggest take-away from the article.
As for drinking... I'll have 1 beer if I'm riding alone. Zero if my gf is riding pillion.
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May 30th, 2013, 08:51 AM | #8 |
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ok statiscians, so if wear my helmet, dont drink and stay within speed limits what are my odds of never ending in a ditch - or worse...
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May 30th, 2013, 08:57 AM | #9 | |
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May 30th, 2013, 09:13 AM | #10 | |
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May 30th, 2013, 09:29 AM | #11 |
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My solution: Dont drink at all.
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May 30th, 2013, 10:02 AM | #12 |
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It felt like the takeaways from that article were the same things we've known: don't drink and ride (like the thread is titled), be ultra-vigilant about people turning left across you, don't speed, wear a helmet.
This troubled me: "More than 42% (1,998) of motorcyclists in 2011 were killed in two vehicle accident and 38% (757) of these were the result of another vehicle turning left in front of the motorcycle that was either going straight, passing or overtaking another vehicle." Does this mean that a potentially significant portion of these accidents occurred when cars turned left across motorcyclists who were passing cars? If so, it seems like avoiding overtaking (if possible) when there is potential cross-traffic /left-turners would be good? Lots to digest here, and at the same time, no surprises.
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May 30th, 2013, 11:40 AM | #13 |
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How can they overlap if they're broken down into separate age groups? These age groups are solely for the 42% of people that died with high BAC.
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May 30th, 2013, 02:29 PM | #14 |
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Hmmph...
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May 31st, 2013, 07:44 AM | #15 |
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I think I remember an MSF instructor tell me not to drink and ride, and if you were going to, at the very least wait 1 hour after the first drink, 2 hours after the 2nd drink and i think it went up from there, like 4 hours after the 3rd drink?
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May 31st, 2013, 07:47 AM | #16 |
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this isnt surprising at all.
i dont understand people who drink, Alcohol tastes absolutely horrid. Not only that, but it ****s you up to the point where you have to watch wtf youre doing and if you dont, you're going to get in big trouble..why would anyone purposely put themselves in that position i'll never understand. I dont really talk to people who drink, definitely dont hang out with people who drink and i'll never ride with anyone who drinks. to me its the dumbest thing anyone can do tbh. |
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May 31st, 2013, 07:54 AM | #17 |
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May 31st, 2013, 10:27 AM | #19 |
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You're still wrong. Of the 42% of all deaths that had alcohol, 38% of the 42% were one age group and 37% of the 42% were the other. The other 25% of the 42% would be the surrounding age groups. Still, none of the statistics in the article are put in a format where they should add up to 100%
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May 31st, 2013, 11:00 AM | #21 |
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May 31st, 2013, 01:33 PM | #22 | |
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Of the 42% dead, 38% of them were one age group, and then it says two more age groups were each 37% of the 42%. Must just be the wording At any rate, all of the numbers/percentages are a lot higher than they need to be. |
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