A driver who is legally blind in one eye, not wearing prescription lenses
required for driving, suffering from cerebral palsy, and doing a "long blink"
(what many of us typically refer to as "napping"), would not improve the odds.
Liz Zelandais
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From: Robbie Webber <[email protected]>
To: India Viola <[email protected]>
Cc: bikies <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 8, 2011 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Bikies] another fatal crash, this one at night
I haven't gotten a chance to read Dave's post, so forgive me if I am repeating
what he said.
(Everything below is in the official crash statistics for the US over years. I
just don't have time to find the link.)
Cycling at night IS more dangerous than biking during the day, but so is
driving, walking, boating, and probably flying. There is simply no way around
the fact that human eyesight is not as good at night. whether it's hitting a
pothole or animal, or being hit by a driver, there's just a better chance of
crashing.
Cycling at night, on a rural, 2-lane road is one of the only times where being
hit from behind is a significant crash type. This is the type of crash that
novices fear, but it is pretty rare, except under those conditions. A
contributing factor that has been found in nighttime, rural crashes is that
often one or both people involved in the crash had been drinking. Especially in
Wisconsin, this is not surprising.
Being hit from behind is rare, but it is a very dangerous crash type, and the
most likely crash type to be fatal. In part this is due to the fact that,
because these crashes often happen on rural roads, the driver is likely to be
going at highway speeds.
Robbie Webber
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