Exactly, and the greatest chance of that happening is on take off or landing.
An Interesting Tidbit Regarding Helmet Laws
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That qualifies as a landing
My only complaint or ..it's more of an observation ..is that the statistic is one of the biggest spins that any statistician can put on two things that have so much unalike and only one common point ..yet a correlation is supposed to be derived from it.
The deck is stacked in the statistic where air travel cannot fail. If you went on "events" ..which you can't since there's probably no accurate way to count the number of instances that an automobile is driven ..then I would surely figure that automobile travel is millions, if not billions of events ahead of air travel in fatalities per event.
I'd have to live in an airport and travel constantly and do it for a lifetime to equal the number of times that I've entered an automobile and exposed myself to potential fatality. I doubt that a person could physically experience enough "events" ..simply due to the time length that one endures with air travel.
If I could shrink enough people and have them travel with me for the duration of my driving career ..enough to compensate for the mileage I cannot due in an automobile compared to an aircraft ...I've had 34 years of driving without a fatality ..and ZERO deaths per millions people miles ....millions upon millions of drivers can say the same exact thing over their lifetime.
That's why the statistic is totally bogus.
A nationwide 5mph speed limit will save tens of thousands of lives per year. If even one life is saved, surely it's worth it?
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What happened to common sense? Oh, yeah right. I forget.
if you would like to compare some more unrelated facts consider that more people are die each month of smoking rated illness then your pedestrian statistic. 25% of all fire related deaths are caused by cigarettes. all of these deaths are 100% avoidable.
if you want to keep it automotive based then how many lives are really saved by bumpers? what about collapseable steering columns? hydraulic brakes? air bags? seat belts? speed limits? drunk driving laws?
helmets save lives, period.
if you want to keep it automotive based then how many lives are really saved by bumpers? what about collapseable steering columns? hydraulic brakes? air bags? seat belts? speed limits? drunk driving laws?
helmets save lives, period.
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Well, I'd probably want to qualify that to say that helmets probably help preserve some quality of life for those who survive accidents on motorcycles.
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So do you wear a helmet when walking around town?
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So do you wear a helmet when walking around town?
I always do!
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So do you wear a helmet when walking around town?
I always do!
Then you may have an extra Celebrator.
you need a helmet after 3 celebrators.
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If only I knew where to find Celebrator!
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I think there are far more pedestrians walking across streets than motorcycle riders. And a pedestrian is walking about 5 mph compared to somebody on a motorcycle maybe going 75 mph on the highway.
A pedestrian is not even required to have a drivers license. A pedestrian can be a 12 year old boy or girl just trying to cross a street.
I am all for freedom and if motorcycle riders want to go without helmets and risk their lives that is fine with me. But common sense seems to be that if you are riding a motorcycle for your own safety you should wear a helmet. No matter how good of a driver you may be somebody else may mess up badly on the highway and if it was me on that motorcycle that had been traveling 75 miles an hour involved in an accident I would want a helmet on my head (before I went sliding across the highway). Ask the QB of the Pittsburgh Steelers. I have seen what happened to a man and woman involved in a motocycle accident. My own brother was also involved in a motorcycle accident.
A pedestrian is not even required to have a drivers license. A pedestrian can be a 12 year old boy or girl just trying to cross a street.
I am all for freedom and if motorcycle riders want to go without helmets and risk their lives that is fine with me. But common sense seems to be that if you are riding a motorcycle for your own safety you should wear a helmet. No matter how good of a driver you may be somebody else may mess up badly on the highway and if it was me on that motorcycle that had been traveling 75 miles an hour involved in an accident I would want a helmet on my head (before I went sliding across the highway). Ask the QB of the Pittsburgh Steelers. I have seen what happened to a man and woman involved in a motocycle accident. My own brother was also involved in a motorcycle accident.
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