Is riding a motorbike have more risks than driving a car?

Question

I've been thinking to ride a motorbike instead of a car. But some people says that riding a motorbike may be dangerous depending how careful you are. What i'm concern that, will i die if i'm in an accident even though i'm wearing a helmet?

Other thing is, on the news there's always news on car accident. Car accident is more common than motorbike accident. And also the passengers and the drivers some how, passed away....I barely hear about motorbike accident?

So riding a motorbike have more risks than driving a car?

Any suggestion?

Thanks!!!

Answer 1

Hello Skinny,

Yes it is. But if you dont smoke , use your mobile, scratch your crotch while riding you're on your way to see another day.

Really, riding a bike  is 50% anticipation and 50 % experience.

Anticipation can be put to practice from day 1: keep distances and look ahead. Experience takes time, but you can reduce that time by going a few times to a race track and get your braking and cornering knowledge up to scratch with the help of professinals. Take care and  enjoy.

Answer 2

riding a bike is more dangerous than driving a car you need to have your head lights on at all times and and be very alert.when i use to ride i allways had this rule keep at least 6ft between you and everything else on the road.Where i live they have the nick name of organ donars.But you cant beat the thrill of a bike on the open road.just watch those other silly buggers on the road

Answer 3

Motorcycles are inherently more dangerous than cars. While five percent of all highway fatalities involve a motorcycle, only two percent of all registered vehicles are motorcycles.

In a crash, motorcycles offer no protection.

There is nothing between the driver and the crash.

No door.

No hood.

No trunk.

No engine.

Certainly no airbag.

About twenty percent of all reported automobile accidents involve injury or death; that figure is eighty percent for motorcycle crashes.

When calculated per mile traveled, the risk of dying in a motorcycle crash is sixteen times that of dying in a car crash. Every year, more than 2,200 drivers die in such crashes.

Answer 4

yes they have more risks than riding a car.  in a car, you are surrounded by metal and such... on a motorbike, you are not.  There's nothing to protect you from an impact.

the reason you don't hear about more motorbike accidents is because there are less motorbikes on the road.

Answer 5

I ride a motorcycle and drive a car. There are dangers anytime you are on the road. You can die in a car or on a bike. The thing you have to worry about the most when your on a bike is people not paying attention while they are driving. I know people that have been just as hurt wearing a helmet as not wearing a helmet. It's all in how you land and whether it's your time or not. I've have known people who have died doing less then 30 MPH and wearing a helmet and I know people weren't hurt doing over 50 MPH not wearing a helmet. You just never know how things are going to work out. Take the rider safety course and hope for the best but expect the worse.

Answer 6

well yeah, but were all going to die sometime so f it, lol.  at least thats how i feel when i ride.

Answer 7

There are more car accidents than motorbike accidents because there are more cars than motorbikes.  There are also more car accidents than space shuttle accidents (two in all of history), but a person in a car is much less likely to die (less than 1/50th of 1% per year) than a person in a space shuttle (approximately 2% on any one flight).  Motorbikes are more dangerous than cars.  The only reason that I am more likely to die in a car accident than in a motorbike accident is that I have a car and not a motorbike, and am somewhat more likely to crash my car than to be hit by a motorbike.

Answer 8

no

Answer 9

Yes they are more dangerous...nothing surrounds you to protect your body in a fall.  Its easy for a bike to get in the blind spot of a car as well and they frequently move into the lane the motorbike is in without precaution.  Their are less bikes on the road so your likely to hear less about the accidents but most motorcycle accident victims are likely to die while most car accident victims are likely to survive.  Good luck to you in your choice and be careful on the roads regardless of what your operating my friend!

Answer 10

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Who would you consider more at risk in an accident?

Someone sitting in a metal box with a selt belt and airbags, or

Someone sitting on a motorbike witn leathers and a helmet?

Now decide who is more at risk.....

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Answer 11

You could die, yes.  You have a much greater chance of dying on a motorcycle than in a car.  If you hit something, there's no car around you to take the impact.  If you hit your head hard enough, even (especially) with the helmet, you'll break your neck.  (Oh, and don't think not wearing a helmet is a better idea, because if the hit is hard enough to break your neck it's hard enough to leave you a vegetable, too)

You aren't as visible on a motorcycle.  It's easy for a driver to not see you and hit you with their car or cut you off so you hit them.  

I can't recall the exact rate, I think it was something like 20 times the death rate.  That includes idiots, though, so if you aren't one, your odds aren't that bad, but yes...riding a motorcycle is more dangerous than driving a car, period.

The reason you hear about more car accidents is (in the US, at least) there are far more cars than motorcycles.

Answer 12

A motorcycle driver must be FAR MORE vigilant than a car driver. Remember, you ONLY have two wheels. :)  And you don't have those fancy-shmancy airbag doodads to protect you. However, you *do* have an automatic ejection system. ;-)  

Per 1998 data...

*  2,284 motorcyclists died and approximately 49,000 were injured in highway crashes in the United States.

*  Per mile traveled in 1998, a motorcyclist is approximately 16 times more likely to die in a crash than an automobile occupant. And 3x (times) as likely to be injured.

http://www.webbikeworld.com/Motorcycle-S...