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On 11 Jul 1998 00:02:17 -0500, Craig A. Johnston <caj@urth.autarch.com> wrote:
>In article <slrn6qdfqi.ap9.joelga@pebble.org>,
>Joel Garry <joelga@nospam.pebble.org> wrote:
>>On 9 Jul 1998 16:50:58 -0500, Craig A. Johnston <caj@urth.autarch.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Reckless driving and speeding fines could be weighted by the
>>>vehicle's mass -- how are you going to hurt someone in an
>>>automobile on a motorcycle?  Not easily.  Too bad for those
>>>idiots in SUVs who drive too fast for their pathetic, wallowing
>>>vehicles and tailgate other drivers...
>>
>>Actually, this does happen.  Motorcycle t-bones car, motorcyclist launches
>>over car and isn't hurt too bad, motorcycle punches through door/window
>>and kills car occupant.
>
>Oh, I'm sure it does.  But how often?  Also, when a motorcyclist
>t-bones a car, it's usually the car's fault.  ;)  
>

Well, You Asked.  The thing about accidents is they bring out the extreme
ends of probability curves.  All sortsa weird things can happen.  But yes,
it is rare, therefore newsworthy, therefore more likely noticed than the
usual "biker got creamed" story.

As far as fault, I'm not sure we can make such a sweeping judgement.  Ask
in a motorcycle newsgroup, you'll see some bias (to put it mildly).



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