Apr 14, 2006

Rider error

"Vehicle [motorcycle] failure accounted for less than 3% of motorcycle accidents, and most of those were single vehicle accidents [as in didn't crash into another vehicle] where control was lost due to a puncture flat."

-Motorcycle Accident Cause Factors and Identification of Countermeasures, Volume 1: Technical Report, Hurt, H.H., Ouellet, J.V. and Thom, D.R., Traffic Safety Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles,

Translation:
If you fell off your bike, it was probably something you did. Or didn't do.

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