2006-08-07 07:50:03 · 38 answers · asked by malintzin 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
To those of you who insulted me: give me a break. I'm not a stupid blonde; I can spell and I have good grammar. Why do you expect everyone to know everything? I'm allowed to ask this question.
2006-08-07 08:21:35 · update #1
Because in the event of a spill, you need to be thrown clear of the bike. If you are belted in, then this 1,000 pound machine with hot pipes and turning parts is going to land on you and drag you hundreds of feet along the asphalt, ripping your clothes and skin right off of you!
You don't ride do you?
2006-08-07 07:54:16 · answer #1 · answered by kja63 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Simply put, for safety. If you simply lay down a bike, there is a good chance that you will walk away with minor or no injuries, provided that you are wearing the appropriate gear. However, if you are belted to the bike, parts of you will be crushed by the bike when it falls. In a worse accident, it is better to be thrown clear and take your chances by rolling on your own, rather than being strapped to a bike that is tumbling, or slides under another vehicle.
In some states, if you own a 3 wheeled trike, you have the option of either a seatbelt, or a helmet.
Keep the rubber side down.
2006-08-07 13:03:50 · answer #2 · answered by B-Loco 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the motorcycle developed along the lines of bicycles which people understood like horses. You are probably too young to know that cars didn't used to have seat belts either...
Actually a few special fully enclosed motorcycles do have seat belts but they are not sold in the USA.
The same question could be asked as to why car drivers aren't required to wear helmets. But I guess the government hasn't allowed the insurance companies to require this YET... Yeah it's never about safety but about payouts- folks follow the money for all this safety stuff... Our car insurance should be like $100 a year now since we're so safe now...
2006-08-08 17:46:29 · answer #3 · answered by nonyahbusiness 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Motorcycles don't have seatbelts because it would do more damage than anything. You don't want to be drug across the street when you are strapped in. You are better to be ejected from the bike, simple as that. I know this for a fact. But the 2006 Honda GoldWing has an air bag!
2006-08-07 07:56:19 · answer #4 · answered by LAXMAN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You actually have a better chance of surviving a motorcycle accident if you're not strapped to it. Imagine tooling along on your Harley, minding your own business, and suddenly some jerk who wasn't paying attention pulls out right in front of you. If you're strapped to the bike, you'll smack your head on the handlebars (or the car). But with no belt, you get thrown right over the top of the bike onto the hood of the car. Many bikers who have had accidents like that have walked away without a scratch.
2006-08-07 07:55:29 · answer #5 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read most of the answers to this ridiculous question, and I fail to see why you feel insulted. Most people offered you good advice and good information even though the question was inane and ignorant but you want to concentrate on the few negatives. I suggest that if you're so overly sensitive and completely focused on the negative, that you seek professional help rather than that of a forum such as this one, because it's apparent that what you need is a team of doctors. Someone oughta slap you! And you oughta write an apology in place of your harumphy retort!
2006-08-07 09:47:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to have to agree with Kja63. I was involved in a pretty bad accident which resulted in my bike sliding 50 ft into an intersection where it was then hit by an oncoming SUV that couldn't stop. I'm an experienced rider and was able to roll away from my bike, but had I been somehow strapped to it, I'd be dead. The road rash wasn't fun, but the alternative would have been much worse.
2006-08-07 08:06:51 · answer #7 · answered by raecheile 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A motorcycle has no "cage" to keep you restrained within. Picture a rolling BOX with a seat inside of it, now picture that seat with a seat belt, and you strapped inside it. Now roll that box down a hill. Will you be bouncing around inside the box? or will you be secured inside? Now put this scenario to the Motorcycle. What would happen to you if you were strapped to a bike when it rolled in an accident? you would suffer more harm strapped to it than you would being thrown from it.
2006-08-07 07:58:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I broke my leg and nearly lost it because I was caught on the bike during a crash which is virtually the same as wearing a seatbelt. In a car,you have it surrounding you offering a bit of protection whereas on a bike,it offers no protection and does more damage when you crash,you want the bike as far away as possible from you so it doesnt land on top of you.
2006-08-08 10:34:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the event a biker goes down , being strapped to the bike would cause serious injuries. Biker dont just fall off the bke. It would seem the only thing a seat belt may prevent is the unlikely just falling off. What, are you a dumb blonde or sumpthin'.
2006-08-07 19:01:42 · answer #10 · answered by foxyraley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't ask questions like that! Some gov official that doesn't like motorcycles might pass a stupid law like that. The NHTSA already has some crap on the drawing board. Like out riggers to prevent a bike from falling over, air bags, permanently mounted front and rear crash bars, roll bars (like on cars & dune buggys),
instead of a plastic fairing (like on sport bikes) a steel fairing that goes around your legs and feet in case of a fall. The list goes on.
2006-08-07 08:12:27 · answer #11 · answered by guardrailjim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋