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Motorcycle Vs Motorcycle

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Dinah Jumawan
Professor Amy Rasmussen
English 058
8 November 2017
The Similarities and Differences between a Car and Motorcycle
Many people prefer cars over motorcycles. A lot of people also prefer a motorcycle over a car. You may prefer to ride a bike because you are more comfortable on it than inside a car, but others like to drive a car than ride a bike because they feel secure being incased by a metal.There are many differences between a car and a motorcycle and so are our personal preferences.
There is a constant argument of what is better between cars and motorcyles. Both differs on wheels and overall physics. They move, stop and turn differently.A motorcycle can cover a small space while a car covers a big space. Since a car is larger, it can carry more people. A car is used by people, to go to the office, shopping malls, and to vacation destinations along with family members. It can waste more resources and can distract the driver from the environment. This distraction is common of road accident. A person inside the car is less aware of his surrounding thus allowing the person to use his mobile phone while driving, read or eat resulting to more accidents. .However, these are not the only difference between the two and they both have similarities also. A car has more balance than a motorcycle.
A car is covered, and the passengers do not face weather like the rider on a motorcycle, as they are uncovered. Car takes more space for parking, while a motorcycle needs a very small space. While gear changing in a car is through hand, in a motorcycle, it is done by foot. A car driver must wear a seatbelt for protection while a motorcycle rider must wear a helmet to prevent any head injury. A car has 4 wheels while a motorcycle has 2 wheels only. A motorcycle is made for 2 people while a car can have 4-5 passengers. A car is better suited in light traffic while a motorcycle is better suited for both light as well as in heavy traffic. A car is spacious and can carry more stuff. Both car and motorcycles uses gas, the average motorcycle gets around 50-60 miles per gallon.Compare that to the average car which, according to the Environment Protection Agency (EPA), gets 23.6 mpg on average as of 2013, and

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