pics of your ass in leather before you get any help from us, lady
we need to know you are serious
we need to know you are serious
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don't listen to the kill-joys.
statistically:
you are 10 times more likely to die in a car wreck, but if you wreck a bike you are many times more likely to die.
you are about 110 times more likely to die of a heart attack
you are 3 times more likely to be murdered
you are 7 times more likely to kill yourself
you are 6 times more likely to die from falling
you are 6 times more likely to die from accidental poisoning
you are 36 times more likely to die from a stroke
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According to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2006, 13.10 cars out of 100,000 ended up in fatal crashes. The rate for motorcycles is 72.34 per 100,000 registered motorcycles. Motorcycles also have a higher fatality rate per unit of distance travelled when compared with automobiles. Per vehicle mile traveled, motorcyclists' risk of a fatal crash is 35 times greater than a passenger car. In 2004, figures from the UK Department for Transport indicated that motorcycles have 16 times the rate of serious injuries compared to cars, and double the rate of bicycles.
A national study by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATS) found that:
Motorcycle rider death rates increased among all rider age groups between 1998 and 2000
Motorcycle rider deaths were nearly 30 times more than drivers of other vehicles
Motorcycle riders aged below 40 are 36 times more likely to be killed than other vehicle operators of the same age.
Motorcycle riders aged 40 years and over are around 20 times more likely to be killed than other drivers of that same age.
According to 2005 data from the NHTSA, 4,008 motorcycle occupants were killed on United States roads in 2004, an 8% increase from 2003.
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Additional data from the United States reveals that there are over four million motorcycles registered in the United States. Motorcycle fatalities represent approximately five percent of all highway fatalities each year, yet motorcycles represent just two percent of all registered vehicles in the United States. One of the main reasons motorcyclists are killed in crashes is because the motorcycle itself provides virtually no protection in a crash. For example, approximately 80 percent of reported motorcycle crashes result in injury or death; a comparable figure for automobiles is about 20 percent.
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100% of people die. How many truly live?
Only by accepting risk and experiencing new things do we grow. I pity the poor schmucks who sit at home and watch the world go by on their TV because they're afraid to do anything risky, only to die in their sleep. What a waste of a life.