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Title: News report reveals stats that show most riders at fault in fatalities...
Post by: Diesel on May 22, 2013, 01:15:31 PM
Looks like we can only blame ourselves 80% of the time according to this report...


http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/most-riders-at-fault-in-bike-crash-deaths/story-fnhocxo3-1226645968537 (http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/most-riders-at-fault-in-bike-crash-deaths/story-fnhocxo3-1226645968537)

Surprised to read mainly 25-40 year olds most at risk, as with those who have had bikes less than 6 months.

Cheers, Diesel
Title: Re: News report reveals stats that show most riders at fault in fatalities...
Post by: Wild Rose on May 22, 2013, 02:15:09 PM
Lucky I am 56 and not 25 -40 years old.  :grin
We must be the sensible ones  :thumb :thumb   :runyay
Title: Re: News report reveals stats that show most riders at fault in fatalities...
Post by: alans1100 on May 22, 2013, 02:52:53 PM
It depends on what they're looking at.

If you're just looking at bikes alone with no other vehicles, pedestrians etc involved then that figure may well be true.

Title: Re: News report reveals stats that show most riders at fault in fatalities...
Post by: STeveo on May 22, 2013, 05:45:31 PM
Don't think I will be buying a bike from WA. With 92,000 bikes and 302,000 riders all bikes would have been ridden by at least three people, possibly all at once.  :eek

 :bl11
Title: Re: News report reveals stats that show most riders at fault in fatalities...
Post by: Brock on May 22, 2013, 05:57:20 PM
The article is flawed.

All the dead bike riders had traffic records :- What vehicles were being used at the time of the offence??

Most had drugs or alcohol in their system????

Were these fatalities single vehicle incidents or mixed???

and the list goes on.

90% of stats are made up.
Title: Re: News report reveals stats that show most riders at fault in fatalities...
Post by: STeveo on May 22, 2013, 06:00:42 PM
Of course it is Brock, wouldn't be a real news story otherwise. Aus media, the most (un)trueful in oz.

 :bl11
Title: Re: News report reveals stats that show most riders at fault in fatalities...
Post by: Neale on May 22, 2013, 07:07:15 PM
Agree STeveo, can't let the truth get in the way of a good story.

Neale


Title: Re: News report reveals stats that show most riders at fault in fatalities...
Post by: saaz on May 22, 2013, 07:10:21 PM
Unregistered bikes seem to figure highly (trail bikes?)

And I have told you a million time Brock not to exagerate  :rofl