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Six motorcyclists died in Washington State last weekend across five separate accidents
(hexbear.net)
Look I'm as much "fuck cars" as the next guy but riding a motorcycle on a highway is unironically suicidal. I personally know a guy who got in a bad crash on one but miraculously survived; he had a year long recovery period but will have various pain and dysfunction in his body for the rest of his life. I also know some people who did pathology rotations (state medical examiner office, autopsy basically) and the big three categories of bodies coming in were drug overdoses, suicides, and motorcycle crashes.
One of the facebook comments links to a seventh person who died a few days before these on June 18th: https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/motorcyclist-killed-sr-530-crash.amp
Me reading this after just buying a motorcycle
I do try and stay off multi lane highways as much as possible tho
If you haven't done it, I spent the money and took the Motorcycle Safety Foundation basic course. I just started riding 3 months ago and that class taught me a lot of things.
It's a very different mindset from driving a car and demands a lot of attention.
I don't care if it's 100°F out - I'm wearing all my protective gear.
Saw a dude riding a dual sport wearing sandals, cargo shorts, and a tank top. That's it. All I could do was hope that he would end up laying down in a low speed turn and learn a lesson before he gets plowed into by a pavement princess.
I’ve spoken to some people from Vietnam where motorcycles are the primary transportation method. They tell me they think Americans are insane and would never drive a motorcycle here because the speed limit is too high compared to Vietnam.