Police say 52 motorcyclists have lost their lives on Queensland roads this year, making 2023 to date the deadliest year for riders for five years.
So far this year, at the time of writing, 52 riders had lost their lives on Queensland roads, making 2023 to date the deadliest year for motorbike riders for five years.
I have no doubt car drivers are causing lots of accidents with motorbikes, but living near a main road I find it hard to believe the riders aren't at least partially to blame for a decent number of those fatalities.
Unless there's a legitimate reason for bikes to be hitting like 20,000rpm on one wheel of course. I'm not a rider so maybe this is one of those "loud pipes save lives" type things I hear so much about, where being obnoxious is justified as safety.
Anyone got a breakdown of at fault versus not at fault fatalities?
It seems that it's a roughly half half split of single vehicle vs multi vehicle.
Even if you conservatively assume that only a quarter of the mutlivehicle accidents are the fault of the rider, it's still well over 50% motorcyclists killing themselves.
But that's not what this particular campaign is about.
Every motorcyclist I ever see is driving like a fucking maniac, solidly 20 mph faster than traffic, aggressively weaving between cars, using the breakdown lane at their convenience, etc.
I know there are "safe, normal" riders but the ones I interact with all seem like they are tempting death for fun
Where is the incentive to ride safe when they are paying half the rego (too much!) to share the roads with people who so careless that they'd kill them without hardly noticing they hit something? Im not saying its ok. Im saying I understand it.
"The vehicle I choose to drive puts me at greater risk of injury and death, regardless of who is at fault, so I'm going to drive in a manner that further increases my risk of injury or death."