[Skybird]

The question is, and that'S how I understood it, wether or not the number of marines killed on motorcycles is statisticalaccumulation that is anormal, or fits into the general data on traffic accidents. One would assume that if Marines of this or that age group form x percent of the overall group of male bikers of that age in the US, then their representation in the acident statistics would roughly match that value. If they are overrepresented and that is not by random fluctuation, but is statistical signficance (you do calculate that in statistics), then there is more to it. Wether it be that their profession makes them more accepting towards taking risks, or is so stressing that they seek relaxation by pushing too far, or - and thus my question - post-war stress has bred an unconscious drive to test life, test their limits, and ultimately test death itself.