[Ducati] Uh oh- WSJ Article

[Dan Bockmier]

The article provides an interesting observation, though I feel it is 
slanted toward the sensational and we will all pay the insurance 
premiums as a result.

I'm confident the analysis by the writer linking dramatic gains in 
modern motorcycle performance to the statistical rise in fatalities is 
quite plausible. Yet the astonishingly sharp rise in the population of 
rolling blind spot vehicles we call SUVs and cell phone distracted 
drivers would merit far more considered analysis from an author diligent 
enough to dig into the statistical causes of the accidents rather than 
simply what bike was being ridden by the poor victim.

Dan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garth Williams" <garthfw at gmail.com>
To: "Ducati List" <Ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 7:30 AM
Subject: [Ducati] Uh oh- WSJ Article


> Hey gang,
>
> A not-so-good piece of press appeared in the Personal Journal section 
> of the
> Wall Street Journal today.  It talks about the rising rate of 
> accidents for
> riders who own sportbikes.  The picture they use- a press piece from 
> Ducati
> with the 1098 pictured.  Nice.
>
> It's an interesting article, but I'm not sure I like them using a 
> Ducati
> picture when the overwhelming majority of sportbikes on the market are 
> NOT
> Ducatis.
>
>
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