Don't Blame All Motorcyclists For The Mistakes Of 95% of Them.

There was a motorcycle crash last night just outside of Staten Island, on the Driscoll bridge. A man was killed and a woman critically injured.

I abhor uneducated riders and the stupid crap they do: We've all seen riders split lanes. We've seen them ride in flip-flops, do stoppies at a red light, and ride the oil line right down the center of a lane, and it's reprehensible.

But does it make all riders blameworthy?

Of course not. Fully 5% of them DONT ride like their bones are coated with adamantium.

It's not the way all riders behave. So why blame 9754 motorcyclists for the mistakes 9375 of them make?? Blame "those motorcycles" for the problems caused by a select few?

Further, does it absolve those who drive cars of their abject douchefuckery? Nope, and when piloting a vehicle with two wheels, vehicular douchefuckery seems to be the rule, rather than the exception.

Does it change the fact that a man who crested the top of the Driscoll was dead before he got to exit 127? Or that a young woman's life has been profoundly changed?

Nope.