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Originally Posted by JimmyD
It's also why tiered licensing works. Doubt you'll see that this side of the pond though.
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What are you talking about?
Statistically speaking 251-500 cc bikes get into over twice as many accidents the 750 cc and up group even tough there are only 3% more of 251-500 cc bikes on the road.
The highest rider risk occurs between 2 and 3 years of road experience.
And only 15% of accidents serious enough to be reported are caused by rider error.
So for every 15 squids going to fast around that hair pin curve on their super sport there is 85 "safe" riders on their 250's ,500,,etc getting creamed by the left turning soccer mom on the cell phone. Having a tire blowout , hitting that loose gravel or deer.
A Graduated licence will do nothing to stop the vast majority of accidents and would only force those who would drive recklessly on a 600 cc super sport to drive recklessly on a 250 or 500 cc instead.