Equally anecdotal is that it feels much easier to avoid crashes on a bike. They're nimbler and have access to much more road (and off it, for that matter). Yes,

Equally anecdotal is that it feels much easier to avoid crashes on a bike. They're nimbler and have access to much more road (and off it, for that matter). Yes, very obviously if you do crash, you're much worse off on the bike. In the end though, you're right, and we don't even need anecdotes to prove it - the stats are voluminous and clear. Yes, you can reduce your risk somewhat with good bike and skills maintenance, but even with that, motorcycling is much more risky to life and limb than driving a car. If safety is higher in your valuation than whatever your reasons for riding (there are many possible), riding is never rational. Safety is fairly low in my evaluative framework, and my reasons for riding persuasive, so it's not a hard choice in my personal case.