Motorcycles are bad for your health, but only outside of the US.
File under 'Mildly amusing', 'Vaguely irritating', or 'Downright wrongheaded' depending on your temperament.
Browsing around for vaccine information for a trip I'm planning I find this site - which seems to be a decent enough reference. However, it seems the only medically advisable place to ride a motorcycle is the United States…
Each country listed has a 'General Advice' section, and the very last sentence of every one I've looked at reads " Do not ride on motorcycles." Every one that is apart from the US. Am I to take it that the US has such a stellar road safety record when it comes to motorcycles that the advice is not applicable, whereas the chaotic and uncivilised roads of, say, the UK are just a risk too far? And on a site that is overwhelmingly concerned with vaccination it seems odd to find random safety advice limited to specifically riding only in vehicles with seatbelts and not on bikes. I suppose by comparison doing a spot of bungee jumping, skydiving or good old drinking to excess while on a trip are of zero risk. Which is nice to know.
I just can't figure out why motorcycles are specifically singled out - any ideas?
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