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Motorcycle fatalities on the rise

 
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Moondog
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:18 am    Post subject: Motorcycle fatalities on the rise Reply with quote
Interesting reading


http://gns.gannettonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080326/MOTORCYCLE/803210302
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Flying Duck
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The way they bandy about random statistics it's a pretty worthless article. Rolling Eyes

I guess I'll stop wearing a helmet:

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About 42 percent of riders killed were not wearing helmets.

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CheapJapCopy
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Joined: 17 Dec 2007
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Flying Duck wrote:

I guess I'll stop wearing a helmet:

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About 42 percent of riders killed were not wearing helmets.


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abreeze
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I guess I'll stop wearing a helmet:

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About 42 percent of riders killed were not wearing helmets.


Awesome....who knew it was safer without a lid!!!
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