• 𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    So far this year, at the time of writing, 52 riders had lost their lives on Queensland roads, making 2023 to date the deadliest year for motorbike riders for five years.

    I have no doubt car drivers are causing lots of accidents with motorbikes, but living near a main road I find it hard to believe the riders aren’t at least partially to blame for a decent number of those fatalities.

    Unless there’s a legitimate reason for bikes to be hitting like 20,000rpm on one wheel of course. I’m not a rider so maybe this is one of those “loud pipes save lives” type things I hear so much about, where being obnoxious is justified as safety.

    Anyone got a breakdown of at fault versus not at fault fatalities?