• FiskFisk33@startrek.website
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    27
    arrow-down
    5
    ·
    1 day ago

    the risk is born by the rider instead of the public.

    This is some bullshit. A motorcycle may be smaller than a car comparatively but one being hurled at you at highway speeds is still lethal. Both pedestrians and people in cars die to speeding motorcycles every day.

    • Initech_vs_Initrode@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      arrow-down
      9
      ·
      1 day ago

      people in cars die to speeding motorcycles every day.

      No, they fucking don’t. It’s phenomenally rare. It’s utterly unheard of in one-way, divided traffic.

        • Initech_vs_Initrode@lemmy.zip
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          2 hours ago

          Are you sarcastically trying to claim that “people in cars die to speeding motorcycles every day” is keeping a law firm in business?

      • FiskFisk33@startrek.website
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        14
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 day ago

        How is the comparison even relevant?
        Last time I checked SUVs are required to adhere to speed limits too.

        I wasn’t arguing about cars vs motorcycles, I was arguing that

        the risk is born by the rider instead of the public.

        is complete horseshit.

        • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          arrow-down
          7
          ·
          1 day ago

          It’s relevant because the truck or SUV are far far more dangerous to the public when doing the same behavior as the bike, yet are treated the same.

          • lad@programming.dev
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            19 hours ago

            So, normal cars should be also allowed to speed because those are safer to everyone than SUVs