While i agree with the fact that statistics are always slanted because they refuse to show both sides of an argument, I am more inclined to agree with this report. I'm young, I'm impulsive but I dont do anything I cant handle. You wouldn't dare see me go buy a 1000 cc bike as my first bike (or my first bike after years of not riding). Hell I got hit by an old guy in a CAR let alone a bike. I'm a firm believer that legislation ought to be enacted for older riders/drivers to re-take their driving tests after a certain age to make sure they are fit for the road. I lived in Yuma, AZ for almost three years and every winter you would hear of the old fogeys (the winter visitors) hitting and killing someone because they were driving their car on the wrong side of the highway (yeah it happened one year) or some Marine getting killed by some old fogey who never even saw him crossing the road. Its sad that most of these people dont ever realize that they are incapable of being safe on the road. The fact that some of them are doing it on bikes is even more scary. I have already told my Mom that when I think she's done driving, I will cut up her license for hers and everyone else on the roads good. She agrees with me, at least for now.
My $.02.
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