picunurse has been in the profession a long time. I’m sure she picked up the phrase well before ER. (I first heard it in the '70s.)
How about the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration?
Here’s a page that links to their statistics reports, if you’re interested.
Just to point out – you didn’t address the point (or perhaps I missed it in your links). The statement was:
Let:
Cd = total number of car deaths
Ci = total number of car injuries
Ct = total number of cars on the road (registered, I assume)
Md = total number of motorcycle deaths
Mi = total number of motorcycle injuries
Mt = total number of motorcycles on the road (registered, I assume)
The first point is that she suspects: Cd > Md and Ci > Mi.
The second is: Cd / Ct > Md / Mt and Ci / Ct > Mi / Mt.
Again, unless I missed it, your cites point out that motorcycles are more dangerous per mile travelled. I don’t have
and your point would be? I work in ER, I ride a sport bike, and I ride it fast. I see people who crash cars without seatbelts, and that crash into others. wishIhadacoolname has a point not addresed in those stats, we don’t kill other people, we don’t shave, put on our makeup or talk on a cell phone.
life is short, live it.
Honey, does this bike make my butt look fast?
Um, Johnny L.A…where in the hell are YOU in this pic?
I’m taking the photo.
He’s taking it. And on preview, i see he already said so.
Very nice.
And I’m with the others who say you gotta die somehow…life is better lived well than long. Quality of life is way, way, way, more important than longevity.
And so I did. (I need longer arms.)
You must be confused. This is a bike. These are not.
Here’s more up-to-date info; since 1998, cars have become less dangerous and motorcycles more dangerous.
For each 100 million miles driven, death is almost 23.5 times more likely if you’re driving a motorcycle than a car–that’s using the lower 2002 rate, too. They really are Donorcycles. I didn’t need an MD to find those numbers.
Just because it’s easy to kill yourself on a motorcycle doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed to die if you get in an accident. A friend’s boyfriend got in a nasty motorcycle accident and ended up rehabbing for a torturous year where he lost muscle, got out of shape, always looked like a mess, was constantly miserable and had lost his sex drive. He got better and then dumped her. The way I see it, she wasted a year of her life.
Now, I’m not telling you what to do or what not to do with your life. I’m sure all you motorcycle types are responsible and healthy people and safe drivers–probably better than most car drivers. It’s your life–live it. Just trying to fight a little ignorance, so’s ya know.
D’oh! Preview is my friend…
A fat & ugly guy on a bike is about 5x less fat an ugly than a fat & ugly guy in a car or truck.
A fat & ugly guy on a bike says, “I live my own life!”
A fat & ugly guy in a car says, “I spend too much time at the McDonald’s drive through! You gonna eat that donut?”
Hey Mika, wanna go for a ride? I’m on the other end of the state from you. I have one of these, or my favorite like this one.
Ooooo, the second one is very nice. I love that kind of look.
Although I don’t own a bike now, I do plan to at somepoint in the future (at this rate, it will be about three years once I get my master’s and secure a job.) I’ve noticed something, though:
All the pics in this thread seem to be the street bikje style, no Harley-style. Or the “third” style. I don’t know if it’s really a thrid style, but it’s sort of quasi-Harley. Like older (70’a) Honda CB series, or Yamaha RDs. That’s the style I like. It’s probably the least cool type of motorcycle, but hey, it’s still a motorcycle (as long as it’s not a dirt bike or scooter, it’s cool, right?)
Cool people don’t drive Harleys. 
I think the motorcycles you’re describing are what we used to call UJMs – Universal Japanese motorcycles. Back in the day, if you wanted a dirt bike you’d take the lights off of a UJM and add knobby tires. If you wanted a tourer you’d add a big fairing and saddlebags. They’re what’s known as ‘standard’ category (as opposed to sportbikes like my R1, cruisers like Harleys, tourers like the Honda Gold Winnebago, dirt bikes and dual sports). It seems as if it was in the mid-'80s when motorcycles really started to become specialised.
I suppose they used to not be cool. I mean, if you rode one it might have meant that you couldn’t afford a shiny new ride. But I think they’re cool. Very retro. I wouldn’t mind having a '69 - '71 Honda 750 Four.
Sorry all, I love guys in khakis and button down shirts. The nerdier the better.
Is it still sexy if you don’t make it 1500 miles without falling once, and calling your brother riker1384 on your cellphone 3 times to have him come out and help you?
Don’t get me wrong. Actually, my favorite look is khakis, button-down shirt, and a jacket carelessly flung over his shoulder, with a slight smile. But I am a sucker for bikes, i admit it.
<blushes> - Thanks, m’lady.
I happen to think they’re hecka cool. My first bike was a Honda CB450 , my second a Suzuki Bandit - although I later put a fairing and hard bags on the Bandito. Awesome bikes, both - and the Bandit, in particular, was a hit with the onlookers. In the mid-90s, the big four all had a “neo-retro” bike on the European market. On the more exotic side of things, some claim that the Monster basically saved the Ducati factory from going under.