Posted On: October 26, 2007, 1:25 pm CDT

Posted By: Dread

Since th #1 cause cited in the article is "speed going into a curve", it seems the cycle experts are correct ......... it's the operator not the machine. There has to be a difference in ability levels of a cyclist who grew up with small bikes and graduated to larger, more powerful ones as opposed to the mid-life crisis people who jump into cycling with a touring bike. Reflexes also diminish with age. The trump card to all of this is the basic fact that when you assume the risk of riding atop a machine instead of inside one, your risk of being seriously injured or killed increases significantly. In a cycle collision with any solid object, bet on the solid object. You can be the safest, most skilled cyclist in the world, but if someone in a car or truck does something stupid........you will lose everytime. It's simple physics. Trying to make vehicle drivers more aware and safety conscious will never work. Motorcycles, while great and fun machines, have been and will always be the most dangerous form of transportation on the plantet. They are aptly dubbed "donorcycles".