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Are motorcycles a popular mode of transportation? Are they safe to ride? Do you have helmet laws?

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Comment #1 Irv in Pocitos from Montevideo, Uruguay -

Very popular as I wrote earlier. My wife says they're dangerous as hell. Personally, I've never seen any driver intentionally take out a bike rider... But a lot of them are driven poorly and believe it or not, recklessly at night without lights. I've had a couple almost t-bone me because of that. I believe there is a helmet law. But it's clearly either unenforced, or the way it's written, you an get around it. For instance, you see many riders with the helmet a) strap not secured. b) sitting on top of the head.. not on the head and my favourite c) on the arm. Both fatalities I saw were head injuries. The last one had the helmet on his arm. His arm looked OK. His head did not.

Pesonally, I believe if you drive a moto carefully and defensively, it's no more dangerous than at home. But my wife says no... and she's the boss.

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