Originally Posted by
ericm979
When I was 15, the entire family across the street was killed in a car accident. They ran into fog on the highway, slowed down and got hit by a semi truck going 70 mph.
If I'd followed your line of thinking I'd have stuck to motorcycles only for the rest of my life.
The lesson here is not to avoid a particular mode of transportation, it's to not ride like a knob like your friends did, or to pay attention like my neighbors didn't.
It made me change my mind for a few years, then it got too expensive to insure. These days it costs an arm and a leg to get car insurance, MC insurance is both arms, both legs and first born male child. My Brother-in-law parked his motorcycle because of insurance costs at least one year.