Motorcycle accidents

Any time I see a motorcycle accident mentioned on the news, I pay close attention, because Cliff and I are fully aware that a person is not as safe on a motorcycle as he is in a car.  
Motorcycle deaths have more than doubled in the United States in the past nine years.  One reason cited is older riders on more powerful bikes; that would be us.  
Almost 60% of motorcycle fatalities in single vehicle crashes occur at night.  One of these occurred in the Kansas City area over the weekend.    
That is not us.  We avoid night-riding like the plague.    
One thing Cliff and I have a hard time understanding is the number of biker bars seen along scenic byways; we pass them and see dozens of motorcycles parked there, and we know full well that many of the drivers of those motorcycles are drinking; we've gone inside and seen them doing it.  Drinking and driving is crazy enough in an automobile, but on a motorcycle, it has to be one of the stupidest things ever.   In 2005, one in three motorcycle deaths were alcohol-related.  I found that information HERE.  That's one statistic Cliff and I won't be taking part in.
The motorcycle accident that worries us most is the kind that happened locally over the weekend, not twenty miles away from us; you can read about it HERE.   An eighteen-year-old woman failed to yield to a motorcycle.  I wonder if she was talking on a cell phone or texting.  You can do everything right, and still get killed by an idiot, or a kid that thinks she's invulnerable.
I don't obsess about these things, although the statistics are terrifying.  Cliff makes every effort to keep us out of harm's way, and I say quite a few silent prayers while riding.  
It won't be long before we voluntarily end our motorcycle-riding phase; hopefully we will know the proper time to do that.  
Meanwhile, we sure are having fun.  I do hope we get to safely take that one long road trip before we retire the Gold Wing.

So, I'm wondering:

I realize driving a motorcycle is much more dangerous than driving (or riding in) a car. No problem there.

Cliff and I try to cut our risks by staying off freeways, out of city traffic when possible, and avoiding night driving. Still, we know we're at the mercy of stupid (or drunk) drivers.

What gets me is this: People tell about their friends or relatives having an awful motorcycle wreck, and say they'd never ride one. And advise others, "Don't get a motorcycle".

Yet, when they have a friend or relative who gets involved in an automobile accident, you never hear them advise folks to stay out of cars.

Somebody help me with this. Would you call this a double standard?