(June 17, 2020 at 6:53 am)onlinebiker Wrote:(June 17, 2020 at 1:41 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: I've had one serious accident while riding and that was because a ute ran a red light. I find riding to be safe so long as you're careful and remember that you have to watch out for the other idiots on the road, because many of them won't watch out for you.
I think mandatory riding classes for car drivers would make things safer on the road.
If you think riding is safe - you might want to look at the crash test ratings for your bike........
It's not real encouraging...
You might want to read the rest of that sentence. I did add qualifiers.
And of course bikes suffer more in accidents.
And riding IS pretty safe. It's the crashing that's a problem.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"