Qld motorcyclists in the news again...

[z900/zx9]

[quote="photomike666"] if bike riders were ( rained ) to handle bikes in slippery conditions
I think your onto something there mike rained to handle bikes in slippery conditions

[Neka79]

i thought she may have had trouble expressing herself, but at least WAS on our side..which is a start...theres a lot of valid points...maybe she has the fence wedged in her bot-bot....
wonder if shes hot??

[I-K]

But I did want to point out the incorrect statement; regardless of the intent inconsistencies like that are still harmful to good research, and therefore the conclusions can potentially be comprimised.

Never know... she might've actually done it properly and taken the road toll as a function of total distance travelled.

If people are driving further, they are spending more time on the road, where they can die in a car crash. Ergo, the total number of fatalities can increase without the fatality rate increasing in step.

What's more, with 1,000 people moving to SE Qld from Sydney and Melbourne a week...

[MrStompy]

"horrific" rates is a bit dramatic isnt it...

yeah i know that a lot of bike riders are killed each year buts its nowhere near the amount of car drivers/passengers who are killed each year.

yeah there is more car drivers out there than bikes. maybe they should focus more on cars for a little while and harrass the shit out out of them.

teach them to stop running over bike riders.

Driver says - "ooops i didnt see that bike rider..."
the law says - " well you should of looked so here is your $700 fine - please try not to do it again..."

[chameleon]

Motorcycle riders feel a pressure to "push their limits" in a way most car drivers don't, a Queensland University of Technology road safety study has found.

This is utter bullshit and the reason i don't watch the news or read the useless paper. "Most" what kind of a scientific measurement is that? And what car drivers did they survey? Certainly not the ricey boys that flog all over Mt Gravatt. Most riders are actually quite tame I recon.

Bullshit second-rate Uni, bootlicking to the current political dogma is all I see

[mick_dundee]

There just going to have to accept a few fatalities here and there as the population increases, I have had plenty of training and still think the best idea is to leave enough room to stop.

Bob I agree with ya on the above points, I think the problem with accepting a few fatalities is that the ratio of riders to drivers fatalities far outweighs the actul numbers, ie ratio cagers/riders might be 10:1 but accident stats are probably reflecting a 3:1 type ratio.

The other prob with leaving enough room to stop is at least in Melbourne that also leaves enough room for some cager to slip and take your 2-3 second gap so you're almost riding backwards kinda sorta...