Governors Highway Safety Association Report

[taylorcraft07]

Press release at http://www.ghsa.org/html/media/press...otorcycle.html
Report at http://www.ghsa.org/html/publication...cycle2011.html

It appears that wearing a helmet, slowing down, and not drinking reduce fatalities.

Dave

[Markk9]

It must have been written by rocket scientist.

[Trials]

"In 2010, 29 percent of fatally injured riders had a blood alcohol concentration at or above the legal limit of .08, the highest of all motorists."

Are you serious!
One beer is too many if you are going riding people.
Trust me on this I did the experiment several decades ago using my 360 Montesa motocrosser and a gravel pit. I kept it very scientific I was doing jumps into a gravel pit where there was a 3' vertical drop face at the top and a 100' loose sand run off terminating in a flat bottomed pit. I rode back up the slope to the top and did it again. I had been doing this for about 30 minutes with no problem when a buddy showed up with a box of beer, after 1 beer I tried riding and my performance was drastically impaired, I was riding so bad I started to rag doll my landings and required multiple attempts to scale the pit wall, after 2 beers I was frequently crashing but totally quit giving a crap, after 3 beers I quit caring about riding and just sat & stared at my bike
Fortunately by this time I ran out of fuel and my buddy ran out of beer, but according to the Blood Alcohol Content calculator http://www.ou.edu/oupd/bac.htm I would have still not exceeded the legal .08 limit.

Conclusion: Stupid Beer

[Kootenanny]

I noted with interest the #4 recommendation:
Provide motorcycle operator training to all who need or seek it: While all states currently offer training programs, some courses may not be provided at locations and times convenient for riders. This is directly relevant to my thread about access to rider training in BC...

[taylorcraft07]

"In 2010, 29 percent of fatally injured riders had a blood alcohol concentration at or above the legal limit of .08, the highest of all motorists."

Didn't the Hurt Report find that something like 50% of fatals had a non-zero BAC? Any is too much when you are trying to balance on two wheels.

Dave

[Deadstick]

Lies, damned lies and statistics.

[OBX-RIDER]

Wasn't Sun Tzus first rule in the Art of War "know your enemy". Knowing what is killing and injuring riders allows us to shape our training and focus in riding. Here is a summary of a couple of other reports... http://www.webbikeworld.com/Motorcycle-Safety/crash.htm

An anecdotal from 22 years of flying air ambulance. Don't drink when riding, wear a real helmet, know how to stop, know how to negotiate a curve. (We only have a half dozen very mild curves where I live...I was astounded at how many ran off the road on them)

[Afflo]

Is there any data on crash/fatality rates for riders with zero alcohol vs legal BAC levels? I've seen the data expressed as above (X% of fatalities involved riders with non-zero BAC), but that hardly seems conclusive, given the number of group rides that end/stop at bars, and the fact that Bike Nites are almost always at bars.

[ds5160]

What about deaths vs. miles driven?

[Smitty]

Glad you spotted that one Kootenanny.

Still how many of you can remember when the speed linit was 55mph on a m/c in the USA----yes it was some yrs back?

Well it was & in some official Govt position the wife of one official bout him around 600cc Cruiser, note he had ridden before, but openly stated the 55mph max speed limit was far, far to slow & especially when riding a m/c.