• lad@programming.dev
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    17 days ago

    You are actually less likely to die driving drunk in a car than fully sober on motorcycle

    … because you will get hit by a drunken car driver while riding, it seems

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      15 days ago

      Not so much that but more that motorcycles have much fewer inherent safety features compared to a car like fuckin’ safety belts that keep you from flying head-first into a tree. You are 30 times more likely to die per mile driven on a motorcycle than in a car.

      https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813732

      You’re playing Russian roulette with a theoretical hundred chamber revolver. Dude in a car puts in one bullet, spins, and pulls the trigger. Dude on a motorcycle puts in thirty before their turn. Most people watching would put a raincoat on before the motorcycle guy pulls.

      That is a fuckton more risk.

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        15 days ago

        I understand why, just find the wording very poor

        Still, thank you for the links to statistics