Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Motorcycle Driver Deaths This Year Outpacing '09 Rate By 20%+

Up to date statistics show motorcycle driver deaths this year outpacing the '09 rate by more than 20%, according to a WisDOT web site I am following.

This is a trend I first reported a few days ago - - because I keep seeing stories like this - - but will continue to post updates because the WisDOT site posts fresher data, too.
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7 comments:

  1. Max MaxAugust 25, 2010 at 8:26 AM

    I've read that the more bicyclists there are on the road, the safer they are because drivers become more aware of them.

    I wonder if the same is true of motorcyclists-it seems like there have been considerably less on the roads this year, so perhaps drivers are less aware of them?

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  2. James RowenAugust 25, 2010 at 9:12 AM

    As I said in my first post, I don't know why the number is higher.

    It may be due to a multiplicity of things, or is an anomaly.

    Maybe WisDOT will offer an answer?

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  3. AnonymousAugust 25, 2010 at 1:47 PM

    Why did deaths previously peak in 2007 and then bottom out in the following year of 2008?

    While there might indeed be a cause & effect to all this, maybe it is something as simple as random variability.

    A concept you progressives seem incapable of comprehending.

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  4. AnonymousAugust 25, 2010 at 1:50 PM

    Sounds like we need to authorize a multi-million $$$ tax-payer funded study to figure this out.

    Then again I bet the answer would have something to do with seagull excrement.

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  5. BoxerAugust 25, 2010 at 10:51 PM

    You last 2 posters are awfully cavalier about 3 - 500 deaths. Or maybe it doesn't matter to you because you didn't actually know any one of those fatalities? You seem be conservatives: conservative in your compassion. ("We musn't care too much for others, or we shall not have enough care left for ourselves.") ?

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  6. James RowenAugust 25, 2010 at 11:14 PM

    I agree. This isn't a political issue. I am looking for awareness and answers.

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  7. AnonymousAugust 26, 2010 at 10:18 AM

    It is political when you think the Government has the answer to everything.

    When the reverse is more often the case.

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