i look at it like this, i can jump off the bike if ned be to clear myself of an impending bad situation. it's alot harder to jump out of a car. factor in the fact that a bike will out manuever, out accelerate, and most importantly, out brake just about any car on the road, and it's a no brainer. not to mention the fact that i can see alot more on the bike, and i tend to be ALOT more focused on what's going on around me without the distraction of a radio, cell phone, etc.

it's not myself i worry about, it's the idiots in cages on the phone and not paying attention to what the hell they're doing. people tend to forget what kind of damage a ton of rolling metal and plastic can do when it hits something, and they're deffinatly not thinking abouty what it would do if it hit me and/or my bike.