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Originally Posted by pecha72
Remember the travel advisories always list the worst things that have happened, may not necessarily be wrong, but how high is the likelihood, that something like that will happen to you? Among the highest risks to your safety will no doubt be traffic.
So, everyone has to decide for themselves, whether they want to go or not.
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I have not been riding in areas like Pakistan or other high-risk countries, but...
Risk assessment in general always combines two factors:
1. what is the likelyhood that a event happens? This is a factor that the traveller can influence him/herself, e g by avoiding certain situations. If travel advisories talk about bomb attacks to religious sites and large gatherings of people, then simply avoid them. Of course this will take some of the experiences out of the trip but will reduce the risk.
2. what will be the consequences if the event happens? In the ultimate case this would be death. This is nothing you can yourself influence.
Now everybody has to do the math for him/herself!
Now you might call me a coward, but personally my free time is to valuable to constantly consider my safety!
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