DOCTORS vs MOTORCYCLES
 

DOCTORS:
(A) There are 700,000 physicians in the U.S.
(B) Accidental deaths, or medical misadventures as they are technically
known, caused by physicians total 120,000 per year.
(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.

MOTORCYCLES:
(A) There are over 6 million motorcycles registered in the U.S.
(B) There were 4,008 motorcyclist fatalities in 2004.
(C) Accidental deaths per motorcycle is 0.000668.

Statistically then, being treated a physician is 256 times more
dangerous to the public health than riding a motorcycle.

Less than 2 percent of the population owns a motorcycle, but almost every has a t least one doctor. People should gasp in shock, "You're going to the doctor? Aren't you
scared???" Or how about, "I won't let my husband go to the doctor until
the children are out of college"

RE: DOCTORS vs MOTORCYCLES
 

Saw the same thing regarding guns and doctors. Reminds me of the Mark Twain quote: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." But somehow, both comparisons (doctors/guns, doctors/motorcycles) make a whole lot of sense.

RE: DOCTORS vs MOTORCYCLES
 

i'm willing to believe ya especially since i have at least a dozen cousins in the medical profession (doctors, pharmacists, therapists) and almost all of them don't approve of my lifestyle choices

but care to back your claim with some genuine links ?

RE: DOCTORS vs MOTORCYCLES
 

WTF?

RE: DOCTORS vs MOTORCYCLES
 

Ahha! A Loop hole!! You also have to factor in the people that die due to motorcycle wrecks! [8D]

Sorry, i thought i'd throw that in there. But seriously, everything is dangerous. Even sleeping in your bed is dangerous. If you have trees over your house, whose to say it won't drop a limb right through the roof and crush you? No matter what you do, you're taking a chance. I don't care about this whole, "Motorcycles are dangerous!!" bit from everyone. You take risks everyday! But, i do my best, wear my gear, and ride smart to do my part to stay safe.

Tylor

RE: DOCTORS vs MOTORCYCLES
 

Do you know what they call us in the emergency room?


Organ donors

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:D:D:D
lol
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RE: DOCTORS vs MOTORCYCLES
 

If there are any organs left that is.

RE: DOCTORS vs MOTORCYCLES
 

And all along I thought they called us a bag of mashed up spaghetti o's. Without meat balls!

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That is true for everyone who enters the emergency room...your not there because you have a cold.