Failure in this case ranges from life-altering disabilities or death outright. The emotional toll on your friends and family. The waste of medical resources on you.
Yeah, people should have a healthy amount of fear for needlessly dangerous things.
?? There’s nothing unethical about riding a motorcycle.
I ride within 80% of my abilities. I wear full PPE all year round. My moto is maintained to a high standard. I drive defensively. I have taken safety courses, and continued my motorcycle safety training both in and out of the classroom. I am not careless about my life or the lives of others. I drive like everyone is out to kill me, and I’m a gentleman. Want to pass, go ahead.
Morally— I’m not needlessly risking my life or the lives of others. If it becomes necessary, god forbid, that I need life saving medical care, I trust I’m worthy of it, if, for no other reason than I take great care when I’m driving any motorized vehicle.
Are you fit to ride? And not in a relative-manner (“I’m the least drunk here!”), but in your own objective sense. If you’re not, then don’t start. If you started, then you should stop—sort of thing.
That doesn't hold true when it comes to riding a motorcycle though. Maybe the fear is warranted.