"Motorcycling is not, of itself, inherently dangerous. It is, however, extremely unforgiving of inattention, ignorance, incompetence, or stupidity "
OK, totally off-topic and not at all within context of this post, but about this quote here...
When I first read it, I thought, "Wow, that's a pretty true thought." Then, I thought isn't it because motorcycling is "extremely unforgiving of inattention, ignorance, incompetence, or stupidity" that it is therefore inherently dangerous - even in and of itself, given that motorcycling = a motorcycle + a person?
If a person was extremely lacking in inattention, ignorance, incompetence or stupidity, then motorcycling being extremely unforgiving of these things would not make it dangerous... but because people have at least some, maybe even minor propensity for these things, motorcycling is therefore inherently dangerous.
Now, I would argue that a *motorcycle* is not inherently dangerous in and of itself, without a rider that has a propensity for these things... though this is kinda arguing semantics a little.
I get the point though, you have to be extremely careful to not eff up, which is the way I read it to begin with, which is why I dug the quote initially.