Odds of Dying
#22
03-29-2008, 09:12 PM
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RE: Odds of Dying
if ya got azz many posts as this azzhole
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your allready dead!!!!!
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#23
03-29-2008, 09:15 PM
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RE: Odds of Dying
ORIGINAL: electaRICK
if ya got azz many posts as this azzhole
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your allready dead!!!!!
if ya got azz many posts as this azzhole
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your allready dead!!!!!
Close....just don't have a life!!
#25
03-29-2008, 10:08 PM
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RE: Odds of Dying
Sometimes I forget and let the past or future distract me, but I try to live in the moment, that's all I have...I read somewhere that when our time comes, most people are more disappointed by what they didn't do, than by what they did...
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03-29-2008, 11:03 PM
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RE: Odds of Dying
The problem in these stats as I see it is that they compare the annual number of deaths for a given cause to the entire population of the US. Clearly there are more pedestrians and car occupants than there are motorcycle occupants.....so, the odds of a random citizen of dying on a bike is low, but the odds of a motorcyclist would be much higher than indicated.
That said, Carpe Diem
That said, Carpe Diem
#28
03-30-2008, 12:15 AM
RE: Odds of Dying
What odds would I have if I had a stroke while drowning caused by falling off of my motorcycle into a lake or river while running away from a jealous husband who was assaulting me with a firearm....
Just wondering........
Just wondering........
#29
03-30-2008, 12:47 AM
RE: Odds of Dying
What a useless crock of crap those stats are...
I agree with one thing (since these stats use the total US population as a base number), the odds that my 80 year old mom - who doesn't ride a bike - will die in a m/c wreck are pretty low.....
From this page http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr091107.html you can see there were 4050 deaths in 2005 and 5.3 million registered bikes. That means roughly 1 out of every 1345 riders will die this year on a bike. This would be opposed to 1 in 16000 passengers or drivers in an auto.
I agree with one thing (since these stats use the total US population as a base number), the odds that my 80 year old mom - who doesn't ride a bike - will die in a m/c wreck are pretty low.....
From this page http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr091107.html you can see there were 4050 deaths in 2005 and 5.3 million registered bikes. That means roughly 1 out of every 1345 riders will die this year on a bike. This would be opposed to 1 in 16000 passengers or drivers in an auto.
