XPost: comp.mobile.ipad, comp.mobile.android   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , T0m $herman   
    wrote:   
      
   > On 3/15/2014 8:20 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   > > In article , T0m $herman   
   > >  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> On 3/2/2014 4:11 PM, Liam O'Connor wrote:   
   > >>> On Sun, 02 Mar 2014 09:37:40 -0600, T0m $herman wrote:   
   > >>>   
   > >>>> Whenever someone asks me about my motorcycle, "Isn't that dangerous?",   
   > >>>> my reply is, "No, it is much safer for other road users than if I was   
   > >>>> driving my car."   
   > >>>   
   > >>> That's why motorcycle liability insurance is something like   
   > >>> 1/10th that of a car (all other things equalized).   
   > >>>   
   > >>> You just can't do all that much damage, in general, with   
   > >>> a bike as with a cage.   
   > >>   
   > >> HOT DOG!  WE HAVE A WIENER!   
   > >>   
   > >> Thank you for understanding basic physics.   
   > >   
   > > It depends entirely on what you hit (and where and how fast you hit   
   > > it). A motorbike hitting a Ferrari for example would likely cause much   
   > > more expensive damage than a Hyundai hitting a 1960's VW Beetle.  :-)   
   > >   
   > > Of course, motorbikes are considered to be more dangerous for the   
   > > rider, so the motorbike riders generally pay more in insurances than   
   > > car drivers (where they legally have to have it or choose to have it).   
   >   
   > Maybe they pay more for insurance in Kiwi-Land, but not here in the   
   > You-Ess-Of-Aye.   
      
   We've already estabished that America is not civilised and therefore   
   doesn't really count for anything.  ;-)   
      
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