From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!sdcattb!sdcarl!rusty Newsgroups: net.cycle Title: motorcycles dangerous? Article-I.D.: sdcarl.4267 Posted: Sun Mar 6 10:59:49 1983 Received: Tue Mar 8 04:29:47 1983 From: rusty in response to rabbit!ark's query i dug up these statistics which my roommate dug up when i bought my bike. from the National Center for Health Statistics, Final Mortality Statistics, United States, 1976-1978: activity chance of death in a year ======== ========================= motorcycling 1 in 50 smoking, 1 pack a day 1 in 200 horse racing 1 in 750 auto driving 1 in 6,000 power boating 1 in 6,000 rock climing 1 in 7,500 playing football 1 in 25,000 canoeing 1 in 100,000 i wonder what the percentages were for those with and without a helmet of those 50?