On 2008-03-23, Larry wrote:
Gordon wrote in news:13ub7cpg8rflcd2
@corp.supernews.com:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/tulsacrash.asp

I'm a motorcyclist, and have been since I was 15. My current bike is a
Honda Reflex 250cc scooter, the perfect vehicle for city driving at 80 mpg.

Notice how the call for "increased motorcycle safety awareness" and
"helmets", which is what hung this guy from the truck until he was dead,
and more penalties, always more jail time, which never does anything is
always called for.

So if he hadn't been wearing the helmet, the force that was enough to
put at helmet *through* the truck wouldn't have meant the driver having
to hose the bikers brains off the back of his trailer? If the helmet
hung him, then he was unfortunate, without it he would have been dead
sooner. On the other hand, if he'd been 6 inches to his left, he may
have just "banged his head".


WHAT WOULD BE WRONG WITH LIMITING THE SIZE OF MOTORCYCLE ENGINES TO
SOMETHING LESS THAN THE 500HP SUZUKI HAYABUSA OR THE 1,800CC HONDA MONSTERS
OR THE 1,500CC HARLEY BEASTS?!

The 1500 Harleys aren't the problem, though, they're generally cruising
bikes, as are the big Hondas. Most of those guys aren't interested in
those kind of speeds.

WRT 250cc limit, have you ever seen MotoGP? There is a 250cc class that
is easily faster than the claimed 124mph of the deceased rider.


You'll never see that called for because that would hurt the DEALERS THAT
SOLD IT TO HIM. It's just peachy ok to build and sell motorcycles whos
speedometer tops out at 450 mph.....to the dumbest recipients of the Darwin
Awards.

You'll never see it because it's not the dealers fault. Guns don't kill
people, people do. WRT the Darwin Awards, I'm pro-natural selection,
bring it on - it's got to be better than what we have in the civilised
world today.


My 250 will cruise just as fast as the traffic on the interstate....Isn't
that fast enough? No, we need a production motorcycle...sports car...hot
Japanese drifter...that will do 0 to 120 in 4.8 seconds.

There we have it in plain black and white: it's enough for me, no body
should have more. Will your next target be how much alcohol I drink? How
much tobacco I smoke? How many rounds I squeeze off over the weekend?
Or how about the fat content of my diet? Or the caffeine content of my
coffee? Where will those "who know best" finish restricting people's
choices?

Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.