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Move over, Ford and Chevy: Kei trucks are pulling up as customers opt for smaller, cheaper vehicles (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm always shocked by this. In a world with seatbelt laws, crumple zones, backup cameras, pinch protection, etc we allow people to ride motorcycles that consistently get injured or killed. How they haven't gotten banned or stupidly restricted is beyond me. Even with a motorcycle lane, getting in a wreck at 75mph would be seriously bad.

In my state, I'm pretty sure you can ride a motorcycle legally with a helmet and a tshirt on, but get pulled over and fined for not wearing a seatbelt, lol.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The seat belt is to prevent you from being thrown through the glass and body/frame of the vehicle. Because that's generally what kills unseatbelted people in a wreck. A motorcyclist will be thrown from their vehicle if hit but is much less likely to hit that vehicle at 70mph. That's why you dress for the slide so to speak. It's about how you land as much as anything. And when you're inside a vehicle and being tossed around you are basically a reverse pinata.

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