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Should motorcycles be banned?

Motorcycles should be.

  • Banned

    Votes: 7 7.2%

  • Allowed only for Law Enforcement

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Much more strongly regulated

    Votes: 5 5.2%

  • Left as they are

    Votes: 85 87.6%
  • Total voters
    97
Of the dozen or so my family members, friends, and acquaintances that were/are regular riders, every single one of them have had serious motorcycle accidents leading to significant injuries or death. In most cases they were not the ones at fault but they are the ones that paid the heaviest price. I personally think they are to dangerous and would never ride one myself but with that said I think people should have the right to make that decision for themselves.
 
What a horrendously insane concept!!!! Ban motorcycles? Good lord that's just asinine.

Here's an idea, how about we EDUCATE car drivers that they DO NOT own the road and they ARE NOT automatically entitled to drive like complete flippin idiots whenever they get behind the wheel? Simply because you are driving a car doesn't mean you OWN the damned road.

Yes, motorcycles can be dangerous when an idiot does idiotic things on them.

However, the thing that's magnitudes MORE dangerous to a motorcycle rider is the idiot in the car driving next to them, behind them, or coming towards them.

You know, the one who's eating french fries, testing, playing with their radio, fixing their makeup, talking on the phone, adjusting the heat or a/c, looking at their hair in the mirror, shaving, reading a map, scolding kids in the back seat, picking stuff up off the floor, smoking, swating at a bug inside the car, playing air drums on steering wheel, adjusting mirrors, drinking, driving drunk, falling asleep, checking out the hot girl on the side of the road, petting their dog in the seat next to them, ......
 
SCitizen said:
In Europe the gas tax makes cars much much more expensive -- so most people use public transportation.
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Certainly many do. But it will take more taxes to stop driving by the middle class. But when gas costs $20 a liter Mercedes Benz will make mostly little cars.
 
Top Cat said:
Why would we want to ban them? They thin the herd for us.

I just wish they would make the God Damned things as quiet as cars. The nose is ridiculous.
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^^^ THIS! A thousand times this!
 
SCitizen said:
Just basic statistics.

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Is that your YT Channel? because I have a big problem with others using their own material as a "source." Otherwise who else is actually talking about banning motorcycles? This would have gone better if you posted something other than a random YT page.
 
SCitizen said:
I believe dangerous things like drugs, tobacco, motorcycles should be illegal.
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You, SCitizen, seem to know little about human nature....YES, these things are dangerous, but making them illegal is simply NOT the solution.. Give humanity time to "grow up" , but, he may never do this ...some of us crave a degree of danger ..
We DO need to be much more tolerant
 
Top Cat said:
Why would we want to ban them? They thin the herd for us.

I just wish they would make the God Damned things as quiet as cars. The nose is ridiculous.
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Loud pipes save lives.
 
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And in case you didn't get that......NO!

So sick of people trying to ban everything.
 
Kal'Stang said:
So sick of people trying to ban everything.
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And of all the STUPID things to want to ban....

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FREEDOM!!!!!!
 
Bodhisattva said:
Ban them. The loud Harley's are riddne by ****ing dicks that make the whole neighborhood shake, ruining anything that you are doing... shutting off all conversation, waking up your baby or sick mother trying to rest, ruining what you are watching or trying to read, etc. ****ing assholes. I pray that they pull out in front of a train.

Motorcycles are ridiculous and the vast majority of riders are doing stupid things like dangerous passing and yes, it is them that will get killed but it will be me and my daughters that have life time trauma due to some ****ing selfish asshole getting killed when we hit them for a dangerous move...
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Why is it, I wonder, those Harleys get away with being as loud as they are? If my car made that much noise, the cops would pull me over and make me fix it ASAP, yet the motorcycles get to sound like a helicopter taking off, and it's perfectly legal.
 
Bodhisattva said:
Ban them. The loud Harley's are riddne by ****ing dicks that make the whole neighborhood shake, ruining anything that you are doing... shutting off all conversation, waking up your baby or sick mother trying to rest, ruining what you are watching or trying to read, etc. ****ing assholes. I pray that they pull out in front of a train.

Motorcycles are ridiculous and the vast majority of riders are doing stupid things like dangerous passing and yes, it is them that will get killed but it will be me and my daughters that have life time trauma due to some ****ing selfish asshole getting killed when we hit them for a dangerous move...
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You see the vast majority of riders doing that? Maybe in Australia...but not in the states. The vast majority of riders are safe. If anything, our greatest threat is idiots in cars using their cell phones.

I am very defensive when i am on my bikes. Have to be. Too many morons in cars. They arent satisfied wrecking each other...no...they have to engage bikes as well.
 
Dragonfly said:
What a horrendously insane concept!!!! Ban motorcycles? Good lord that's just asinine.

Here's an idea, how about we EDUCATE car drivers that they DO NOT own the road and they ARE NOT automatically entitled to drive like complete flippin idiots whenever they get behind the wheel? Simply because you are driving a car doesn't mean you OWN the damned road.

Yes, motorcycles can be dangerous when an idiot does idiotic things on them.

However, the thing that's magnitudes MORE dangerous to a motorcycle rider is the idiot in the car driving next to them, behind them, or coming towards them.

You know, the one who's eating french fries, testing, playing with their radio, fixing their makeup, talking on the phone, adjusting the heat or a/c, looking at their hair in the mirror, shaving, reading a map, scolding kids in the back seat, picking stuff up off the floor, smoking, swating at a bug inside the car, playing air drums on steering wheel, adjusting mirrors, drinking, driving drunk, falling asleep, checking out the hot girl on the side of the road, petting their dog in the seat next to them, ......
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There's the solution: Don't ban motorcycles. Ban idiots.
 
DA60 said:
Besides, riding around in full size SUV/Pickup's is FAR safer then driving tiny microcars...by your logic, be should outlaw the latter.
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Cars can not be banned. But gas tax can be the same as in Norway -- then many more people would use public transportation.
 
Bodhisattva said:
Motorcycles are ridiculous and the vast majority of riders are doing stupid things like dangerous passing and yes, it is them that will get killed but it will be me and my daughters that have life time trauma due to some ****ing selfish asshole getting killed when we hit them for a dangerous move...
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I agree 100% -- they are as dangerous as heavy drugs.
 
ModerateGOP said:
Is that your YT Channel? because I have a big problem with others using their own material as a "source." Otherwise who else is actually talking about banning motorcycles? This would have gone better if you posted something other than a random YT page.
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My channel.
 
Top Cat said:
Bull****. They are a major nuisance. No more. No less.
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Incorrect. It's an auditory detection system. Sure, there comes a point where it just gets obnoxious, but that doesn't mean there isn't a base function. Loud pipes allow motorists to hear the motorcycle and remind them that there is one. The major cause of motorcycle accidents tend not to by on the motorcyclists' fault; it's caused by the carelessness and inattentiveness of other drivers. Since an accident on a motorcycle has much stiffer penalties (e.g. changes for significant injury or death are much higher), anything that alerts motorists to the presence of a motorcycle near them is a good thing.

In the end, I'd rather you be annoyed than someone else sideswiped and dead because of a lazy motorists who refuses to look over their shoulder to check blind spots.
 
Fledermaus said:
Riding competently saves far more.
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Indeed it does, that statement by no means implies that loud pipes only are a necessity to safe riding. 1st and foremost is the skill, competency, and safety of the rider. But loud pipes do in fact help alert motorists to the presence of the motorcycle and can help save lives.
 
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