Right - I think the numbers needed are something like "severity of injury" by miles traveled per mode. I'm interested in avoiding injury as well as death. :)
As for overall bike safety info, this page has a lot of it: http://www.kenkifer.com/bikepages/health/risks.htm Personally, I think I'm much more likely to be injured riding under current street conditions even if there were *no* cars on the rode. Anyone with studded tires care to chime in on your experience riding the last few days? Alex Turner wrote: > I did a bit of offhand checking, couldn't find hard fatalities per million or > mile, but according to this > http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3744/is_200311/ai_n9319275 the Dept > of Commerce says 70% of winter fatalities occur in automobiles, another 25% > due to be caught out in storms e.g. due to being out in an automobile. > Doesn't leave much for bicycles. > > I realize this doesn't address your main concern. I'm sure there are plenty > of experts here who can lay their hands on better statistics. > http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/2006/index.html > might be good place to start, though it's distressingly light in bicycle > data as far as I could tell on a quick search. > > Anecdotally, in Madison cars pull out like lunatics in any winter condition. > On a bike at least you're going slow enough to stop, and in my experience the > main danger is hidden ice under snow. If you adjust your seat appropriately > it is a simple matter to walk your bike past most ice patches. There are > plenty of resources online for winter bicycle safety. Of course with proper > clothing (again, c.f. the sport of skiing) bicycling in winter is perfectly > comfortable. > > Alex > > ---- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> ---clipped from the digest >> >> Message: 8 >> Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 11:38:05 -0600 >> From: Alex Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [Bikies] Soglin rips winter cyclists >> To: Michael Lemberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected] >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> This from a guy who ate at McDonald's after his heart attack? >> >> Consider the source. >> >> Someone should tell him people pay big money to ski in snow. Bicycling in >> snow is fun and healthy, and a good deal safer than driving. He might >> live longer if he tried it. >> >> ---- >> >> I'm appalled by the "taken out and shot" quote, but I have not commuted by >> bike so far this weak because I feel that it's *more dangerous* to be on a >> bike right now than it is to be in a car, at least on any city street. >> (Bike paths may be another story, but that's only 3/5 of my commute.) >> >> I fail to see how riding in traffic on snow and ice is somehow "safer" >> than driving. What am I missing? >> >> Eric >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Eric White [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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