I raced cars for almost 20 years. In that time I had only one accident that I got hurt in, I suffered a major concussion. I've been hurt so many times either training or racing my bike I've lost count. I've scars all over my body to show for it. Yet my wife couldn't wait for me to quit racing cars because she was sure I'd get killed. Go race bikes she said it's safer. Ha, right safer. Bike racing is a dangerous sport, it's why the majority of guys don't do it. They may make other excuses but the bottom line is that they are afraid of getting hurt. I don't think about getting hurt, just like I never thought about crashing while racing cars. I think once that gets into your head you can't race effectively again.