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<blockquote data-quote="user 6393" data-source="post: 1382442" data-attributes="member: 6393"><p>Stats are stats, and are usually skewed in favor of the desired outcome of the provider of such. Here in BC, for some reason our provincial regulating body, which happens to also be the sole provider of licensing and vehicle insurance, has a hate on for motorcycles. Any and all motorcycle related crashed are blamed on the rider, especially in fatalities as the rider can't refute. The blame is usually eluded to by the media.</p><p></p><p>There was a poor new rider in Nanaimo a couple years ago. Minding his own business travelling along a 4 lane major arterial. A woman in an SUV, self admittedly blinded by the sun, pulled out of a parking lot into traffic with no idea who or what was in that lane and creamed the rider putting him in intensive care. The media wrapped up the news piece with "RCMP are investigating the rider as to whether speed or alcohol was a factor" (in some dumb blind cager blasting out of nowhere and running him over)</p><p></p><p>I used to commute everywhere on my bike. With cellphone inattentiveness I usually take the convertible now to congested areas and save the bike for getting lost on quiet country roads</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 6393, post: 1382442, member: 6393"] Stats are stats, and are usually skewed in favor of the desired outcome of the provider of such. Here in BC, for some reason our provincial regulating body, which happens to also be the sole provider of licensing and vehicle insurance, has a hate on for motorcycles. Any and all motorcycle related crashed are blamed on the rider, especially in fatalities as the rider can't refute. The blame is usually eluded to by the media. There was a poor new rider in Nanaimo a couple years ago. Minding his own business travelling along a 4 lane major arterial. A woman in an SUV, self admittedly blinded by the sun, pulled out of a parking lot into traffic with no idea who or what was in that lane and creamed the rider putting him in intensive care. The media wrapped up the news piece with "RCMP are investigating the rider as to whether speed or alcohol was a factor" (in some dumb blind cager blasting out of nowhere and running him over) I used to commute everywhere on my bike. With cellphone inattentiveness I usually take the convertible now to congested areas and save the bike for getting lost on quiet country roads [/QUOTE]
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