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Old 06-09-2015, 04:24 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by 2009Toyotoad View Post
With regard to bikes, mopeds, or motorcycles. I remind myself of what my mother said years ago. "Remember when they hit and fall after impact, its an extra 50 points if their glasses impact first." She was teaching me to drive at the time, but while her remarks were cynical the thought stayed with me.

I'm too old to be a statistic on the side of the road.
Actually, when you consider the life-lengthening health benefits of cycling compared to the statistical rate of death by automobile collision, cycling is safer. /soapbox

I can't say the same of motorcycles...
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