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UK police trying to stop youths on motorcycles. (cdn.imgchest.com)
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[+] -10 points 2 months ago (13 children)

You can very easily die at 5km/h on a motorcycle

Not a comment on anything else but this is a ridiculous statement.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    You could be going 0km/h and fall off and die if you’re in the middle of the fucking road and someone hits you so like… yeah.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Yes it's possible with unfortunate circumstances. "Very easily die at 5 km/h" is demonstrably untrue, as though a significant amount of people that start up a bike die horribly. Yes bikes/mopeds/motorcycles are more dangerous than cars but it's dumb to misrepresent reality like this.

    The second half of your statement demonstrates how the bikers are acting unsafely in the first place.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    My comment isn't even really about motorcycles being extra dangerous. I ride every day that weather allows and have for over 30 years.

    It is more about how remarkably fragile some of our bodies' weak points are. Perhaps I could have worded it better. But to me 'easily die' just means unexpected stuff can happen when putting a bike down at all. Not that there is necessarily a high likelihood of it happening at that speed, just that it is easy.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    One wrong twist of the neck from a bad fall and you're dead.

    The bastard cops shouldn't be doing this.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Yeah, the big meanies should just let them snatch all the phones they want and terrorise pedestrians.

    Go fuck yourself.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Ah yes, the only to options:

    • Terror
    • Risk of bodily harm

    Surely there is no nuance or inbetween option available. Surely they should just get the death penalty for such horrid theft and disrespect of the sanctity of physical posessions.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    You're advocating summary execution for traffic violations.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Motorcycles are known for sharing roads with other vehicles.

    But yeah in isolation a broken ankle is far more likely at these speeds, not exactly life threatening in most cases.

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