I'd be curious to see some actual numbers here... I ride motorcycles, and am personally fully aware of the fact that this mode of transport makes me to a first

I'd be curious to see some actual numbers here... I ride motorcycles, and am personally fully aware of the fact that this mode of transport makes me to a first approximation 10 times as likely to die on the road compared to driving a car, and I'm happy to accept that risk for myself. (Probably because I have enough hubris to believe I can make a significant difference there by being more skillful and less reckless than all those _other_ motorcycle riders - which I believe psychologists refer to as "illusory superiority"...)