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From: Zebee Johnstone on 11 Apr 2010 20:10 In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:26:53 +1000 CrazyCam <CrazyCam(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > The figures for police motorcycle crashes should be fairly available, > and they'd qualify as being a potential "threat" to many car drivers. > > Are they better or worse than the general bike crashing population? are all other factors: training, exposure, type of riding, type of crash, the same? I somehow doubt it... Zebee
From: George W Frost on 11 Apr 2010 21:42 "atec7 7" <""atec77 \"@ hotmail.com"> wrote in message news:hpsjii$tr1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > theo wrote: >> On Apr 11, 2:29 pm, atec7 7 <""atec77 \"@ hotmail.com"> wrote: >> >>> Nothing like a Velocette 500 cc at full roar out the fishtale at 1oomph >> >> A fish story? >> >> Theo > that would be "A fish tail" And on a scale of 5?
From: CrazyCam on 12 Apr 2010 02:48 Zebee Johnstone wrote: > In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:26:53 +1000 > CrazyCam <CrazyCam(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: >> The figures for police motorcycle crashes should be fairly available, >> and they'd qualify as being a potential "threat" to many car drivers. >> >> Are they better or worse than the general bike crashing population? > > are all other factors: training, exposure, type of riding, type of > crash, the same? > > I somehow doubt it... Of course all the other factors aren't the same, but I'd still like to see a comparison of their crash rate with the rest of the motorcyclists crash rate. It would give us a starting point. Then we could test various factors. I volunteer to try out carrying a Glock! I reckon that could discourage all sorts of silliness on the road around me. regards, CrazyCam
From: Zebee Johnstone on 12 Apr 2010 02:59 In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:48:32 +1000 CrazyCam <CrazyCam(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Zebee Johnstone wrote: >> In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:26:53 +1000 >> CrazyCam <CrazyCam(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: >>> The figures for police motorcycle crashes should be fairly available, >>> and they'd qualify as being a potential "threat" to many car drivers. >>> >>> Are they better or worse than the general bike crashing population? >> >> are all other factors: training, exposure, type of riding, type of >> crash, the same? >> >> I somehow doubt it... > > Of course all the other factors aren't the same, but I'd still like to > see a comparison of their crash rate with the rest of the motorcyclists > crash rate. > > It would give us a starting point. > > Then we could test various factors. > > I volunteer to try out carrying a Glock! > > I reckon that could discourage all sorts of silliness on the road around me. > Just borrow an ex-police BMW. I have seen the results, and it's clearly a very safe bike. Zebee
From: David Robley on 12 Apr 2010 04:03
Zebee Johnstone wrote: > In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:48:32 +1000 > CrazyCam <CrazyCam(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: >> Zebee Johnstone wrote: >>> In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:26:53 +1000 >>> CrazyCam <CrazyCam(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: >>>> The figures for police motorcycle crashes should be fairly available, >>>> and they'd qualify as being a potential "threat" to many car drivers. >>>> >>>> Are they better or worse than the general bike crashing population? >>> >>> are all other factors: training, exposure, type of riding, type of >>> crash, the same? >>> >>> I somehow doubt it... >> >> Of course all the other factors aren't the same, but I'd still like to >> see a comparison of their crash rate with the rest of the motorcyclists >> crash rate. >> >> It would give us a starting point. >> >> Then we could test various factors. >> >> I volunteer to try out carrying a Glock! >> >> I reckon that could discourage all sorts of silliness on the road around >> me. >> > > Just borrow an ex-police BMW. > > I have seen the results, and it's clearly a very safe bike. > > > Zebee Until it is repainted from the police colour - then it loses all its safety factor. Possibly combined with it having been ex-police for well over 10 years :-) Cheers -- David Robley She had more Chins than the Chinese phonebook! Today is Boomtime, the 29th day of Discord in the YOLD 3176. |