Let's look at Statistics
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Re: Let's look at Statistics
http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/wb/123284
Year Motorcyclists killed Motorcycle crashes Registered motorcycles
1999 38 1,320 72,120
2000 45 1,525 50,190
2001 44 1,743 89,654
2002 54 1,648 100,230
2003 56 1,713 109,288
2004 56 2,000 123,548
2005 68 2,289 136,978
2006 70 2,499 151,914
In 2007 there were 126 motorcycle fatalities but I could not find out how many registered motorcycles there were on the roads in VA. If you know how many please post the number so I can figure out the statistics.
Now let's do a little math.
In 1999 you had a .052% chance of dying and a 1.83% chance of crashing on a motorcycle in VA.
In 2006 you had a .046% chance of dying and a 1.65% chance of crashing on a motorcycle in VA.
Assuming (And this is obviously not the case) that there are still only 151,914 registered bikes in VA that would mean that still .08% of motorcyclists died in VA while riding.
Simply put motorcycle deaths are reflective of less than 1% of all who ride motorcycles and that percentage is even lower if you remove motorcycle fatalities that resulted from a car failing to yield the right of way.
Another interesting fact: In 2006 you had a .85% chance of having your house burgluarized if you lived in Newport News with an estimated population of 186,000. In fact you are more than 10 times more likely to be burglarized than die on a motorcycle so next time you're sitting in your house watching TV just know that you would be safer on a motorcycle.
2006 Crime stats
http://www.nngov.com/police/chiefoff...ime-statistics
2006 estimated NN population
http://www.newportnewsva.com/about_u...cs/demopop.htm
Year Motorcyclists killed Motorcycle crashes Registered motorcycles
1999 38 1,320 72,120
2000 45 1,525 50,190
2001 44 1,743 89,654
2002 54 1,648 100,230
2003 56 1,713 109,288
2004 56 2,000 123,548
2005 68 2,289 136,978
2006 70 2,499 151,914
In 2007 there were 126 motorcycle fatalities but I could not find out how many registered motorcycles there were on the roads in VA. If you know how many please post the number so I can figure out the statistics.
Now let's do a little math.
In 1999 you had a .052% chance of dying and a 1.83% chance of crashing on a motorcycle in VA.
In 2006 you had a .046% chance of dying and a 1.65% chance of crashing on a motorcycle in VA.
Assuming (And this is obviously not the case) that there are still only 151,914 registered bikes in VA that would mean that still .08% of motorcyclists died in VA while riding.
Simply put motorcycle deaths are reflective of less than 1% of all who ride motorcycles and that percentage is even lower if you remove motorcycle fatalities that resulted from a car failing to yield the right of way.
Another interesting fact: In 2006 you had a .85% chance of having your house burgluarized if you lived in Newport News with an estimated population of 186,000. In fact you are more than 10 times more likely to be burglarized than die on a motorcycle so next time you're sitting in your house watching TV just know that you would be safer on a motorcycle.
2006 Crime stats
http://www.nngov.com/police/chiefoff...ime-statistics
2006 estimated NN population
http://www.newportnewsva.com/about_u...cs/demopop.htm
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Re: Let's look at Statistics
Not trying to argue with you... however there is a flaw in your stats. You make the assumption that a registered motorcycle means a rider... It does not, I am sure more than a few have more than one motorcycle. Not to mention the people that have bikes just sitting in garages that never get ridden but are registered.
Let's take the number of registrations and divide it by 3. That means about 50,000 people are riding and all of them own 3 bikes each. You still only have a .25% chance of being killed on a motorcycle in Va.
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You're right... No one collects cars or motorcycles that only get driven once or twice a year at most...
No one goes through mid-life crisis and buys a Harley with intentions of learning to ride, do the MSF course, and let it sit in a garage for 3-4 years before they realize they won't ride it and sell it.
My point was that his information was not accurate, period. There are too many variables in the equation for it to mean jack shit.
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Actually a big portion of the people dying on motorcycles in the 757 ARE in fact military. The military actually did a study to see how they can lower the risk of military riders. They found that 90% of all the fatalities were e-5 and below and either just returning from a deployment to iraq or reenlisting for the first time and are buying big sportbikes as there first bike simply because they could afford it with there bonus. So now ALL military have to take the MSF course every 3years and all SPORTBIKE riders have to take a sportbike specific saftey course designed for the military by the MSF.
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Re: Let's look at Statistics
^^^^ what he said.... i myself have to take that sporbike course here soon before the deadline... im putting it off hoping they realize they need to take it to the track... 
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Actually a big portion of the people dying on motorcycles in the 757 ARE in fact military. The military actually did a study to see how they can lower the risk of military riders. They found that 90% of all the fatalities were e-5 and below and either just returning from a deployment to iraq or reenlisting for the first time and are buying big sportbikes as there first bike simply because they could afford it with there bonus. So now ALL military have to take the MSF course every 3years and all SPORTBIKE riders have to take a sportbike specific saftey course designed for the military by the MSF.
How awsome would that be? lol
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Re: Let's look at Statistics
Not trying to argue with you... however there is a flaw in your stats. You make the assumption that a registered motorcycle means a rider... It does not, I am sure more than a few have more than one motorcycle. Not to mention the people that have bikes just sitting in garages that never get ridden but are registered.
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Re: Let's look at Statistics
It goes both ways however. There are people who ride motorcycles and crash or die that are not registered in VA or at all. Granted it might be a smaller preportion of non registered riders than registered riders who do not ride. Another thing I have not taken into consideration is the number of people who crash and simply don't report it because they only have liability coverage and it happened in the middle of no where (I am one of those statistics). Regardless of the margin of error my general point is that the chances of dying on a motorcycle in VA are not as alarming as people are making it seem.
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You're right... No one collects cars or motorcycles that only get driven once or twice a year at most...
No one goes through mid-life crisis and buys a Harley with intentions of learning to ride, do the MSF course, and let it sit in a garage for 3-4 years before they realize they won't ride it and sell it.
My point was that his information was not accurate, period. There are too many variables in the equation for it to mean jack shit.
No one goes through mid-life crisis and buys a Harley with intentions of learning to ride, do the MSF course, and let it sit in a garage for 3-4 years before they realize they won't ride it and sell it.
My point was that his information was not accurate, period. There are too many variables in the equation for it to mean jack shit.
If you didn't want to argue, you shouldn't have made the comment.