# Need help...someone who's good at math.

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-someone-whos-good-at-math/67709>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [May 13, 2009, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-someone-whos-good-at-math/67709 "2009-05-13T06:21:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![ugo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ugo/32/7430_2.png) [@ugo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ugo)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-someone-whos-good-at-math/67709/21 "2009-05-13T15:55:50Z")

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> [@JayS](#):
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> Using the 4 million registered motorcycles to mean 4 million motorcyclists it works out to about 1 in 14 odds that you’ll die on a bike in your lifetime if you ride.
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> That number makes much more sense considering it’s 1 in 84 you’ll die in your lifetime in a car.
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> Those aren’t very good odds, which is what I was expecting, and it’s why I don’t ride anymore.

Ditto for me, Thanks for the vindication.

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