Picture ain’t mine but in the last decade in my country, there’s more and more motorcycles than ever before, mostly because they’re cheap and plentiful, and while they supposedly level the playing field in terms of private vehicle ownership, they also affect other people like cyclists.
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Like with everything else, it comes down to individuals.
Some motorcycles aren’t any better than cars in terms of fuel efficiency. Some motorcyclists are also total a-holes towards everyone around them.
In my experience, so far, as a motorcyclist of about 2 years - I’ve yet to see a motorcyclist behave as badly to bicyclists or e-scooter riders as car drivers. It’s much easier to share the road on a motorcycle.
In my experience over the past 5 years and change as a bicyclist and e-scooter rider as well, I’ve seen many more bicyclists and e-scooter riders engaging in dangerous behaviors than not.
It’s common to see people riding against traffic or riding on sidewalks, even where there are good protected bike lanes. Most doing full speed on e-bikes and e-scooters, being a danger to pedestrians.
I think the biggest issues with cars are they are big, fuel-inefficient, and demand a ton of space because of their size (think how much land car parks take up). They’re also incredibly deadly to pedestrians.
Car drivers don’t really care if they hit someone (not really), cars are so big and so safe that deep down they know they’re likely safe. A bike rider does NOT want to hit anyone because the bike rider knows the result is disastrous, so bike riders pay way more attention and are far more aware of their surroundings.
You can park 3 bikes in a single car park space, the fuel used to get those 3 bikes there is similar to what a single car would use. But those bikes moved 3 people instead of 1.
Motorbikes are far superior to cars on all these metrics. Obviously nothing is going to be better than mass public transit, but in the real world where a lot of places have really bad public transit, I think motorcycles are a better alternative to cars.
Motorbikes are far superior to cars on all these metrics.
Wait until you try visiting Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam at daytime. Crossing the street there can be a very chancy thing.
Malaysia sees one scooter death every two hours.
Most motor bikes produces more noise than a full sized truck or bus, that alone makes them inferior
Let me give it the good ol’ “it depends”.
The main problems with traditional motorcycles are that they’re louder and dirtier than cars, but both things could be solved with electric motors.
But aside from that, they’re basically better - or less bad - cars. Granted, I’m not in a scooter city like those in south east Asia, so I might be missing something, but I believe 1-2 Scooter parking spaces per household is more realistic than 1-2 car parking spaces and 50 people on scooters can move through an intersection quicker than the same people in cars. In a crash, they’re way more likely to kill or injure their driver than a car, but less likely to do that to the other parties.
I think they’re fine.
dirtier than cars
modern ones have catalytic converters but use far less fuel than any car. 100mpg is normal.
You can keep a [motor vehicle] as a pet, but you don’t want to live with a [motorbike], okay, 'cause the noise level alone on those things…have you ever heard a [moyorbike] up close?
