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Re:Do Loud Pipes Save Lives? by whimsicalism on Saturday April 06, 2024 @04:46PM (#39955353)
most motorcycle accidents involve only the motorcycle and no other vehicle and motorcycles have a considerably higher rate of fatal crashes due to things like hitting fixed barriers.
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Re:Do Loud Pipes Save Lives? by growse on Saturday April 06, 2024 @05:48PM (#39955901)
What that stat doesn't tell you is the rate of near misses.

It's anecdotal I know, but as someone who commutes on a bike, the number of times I almost crash by myself per journey is near zero, yet the number of times a car tries to inadvertently occupy the same piece of road as me is multiple.

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Re:Do Loud Pipes Save Lives? by whimsicalism on Saturday April 06, 2024 @11:44PM (#39958028)
motorbike? or bicycle bike?
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Re:Do Loud Pipes Save Lives? by growse on Sunday April 07, 2024 @04:00AM (#39959095)
Motorbike
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Re:Do Loud Pipes Save Lives? by djbusby on Saturday April 06, 2024 @04:49PM (#39955386)
https://www.nhtsa.gov/book/countermeasures-that-work/motorcy...

Here is some data from USA, I've not read it.

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Re:Do Loud Pipes Save Lives? by kazinator on Saturday April 06, 2024 @10:14PM (#39957577)
Oh, bikes are perfectly safe; it's fixed barriers that aren't.
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