我不介意甚至很欣賞摩托騎士的酷勁,但是在公用的道路上,他們如果妨礙了別人的安全,那不可取吧。我相信統計數據,看看事實:
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation』s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:
Motorcyclists are 35 times more likely to experience a deadly accident on the road than those in passenger cars.
11 percent of all roadway accidents that occur in the United States involve motorcycles.
Head injury is the leading cause of death in motorcycle crashes.
In 2007, a total of 7.1 million motorcycles were registered in the U.S.
In 2005, the motorcycle fatality rate was 73 per 100,000 registered motorcycles; meanwhile, the passenger vehicle fatality rate in the same year was 14 per 100,000 registrations.
Motorcycle use is growing disproportionately to fatality growth. For instance, in 1997 there were 3,826,373 motorcycles registered in the U.S. and 2,116 motorcycle fatalities. In 2005, there were 6,227,146 motorcycles registered in the U.S. and 4,810 motorcycle fatalities. So, between 1997 and 2005, registrations grew 63 percent while fatalities more than doubled.
A 2009 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety』s Highway Loss Data Institute report found that:
More than half of motorcyclist deaths involved at least one other vehicle.
Of the 1,791 motorcycle deaths that involved only the motorcyclist
48 percent were speeding.
42 percent had blood alcohol concentrations of 0.08 percent or higher.