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If I look at the average deaths per year for both & yes I use both But at some point,,, life is for the living & it never comes without risk But yes,,,, when the ignorance of others causes needless deaths it is just infuriating The penalty should be beyond the beyond in severity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclis...n_U.S._by_year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_...n_U.S._by_year Last edited by flying; 05-14-2021 at 11:52 AM. |
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I think you are missinterpeting the statistics here considering there are way more ppl travelling in a car than on a bike at a given time in the US. So once you have chosen to be one of those on a bike your risk are way bigger than in the statistical reference no? How big i dunno. Guess one would have to compare how much time per year and person is spent in a car vs on a bike. Last edited by tuscanyswe; 05-14-2021 at 12:20 PM. |
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It's rough, but eliminating distractions is impossible. The one and only car collision I was responsible for happened when I was about 20 years old. I rear ended the car in front of me because I became momentarily distracted trying to read one of those light up road signs. Thankfully, I was going < 5 mph, so there were no injuries or property damage, but I was distracted by something the public works department deliberately put up to get my attention.
So yes, we should clearly work to minimize distractions, but we should also work to make distractions less dangerous. This should principally involve making cars smaller and slower, and better-designed roadways.
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This is a half-assed solution. The only solution - and it’s a long way off - is to ameliorate the hegemony cars have over everyday life. I remember at the beginning of the Pandemic, when most people were in full lockdown mode, how calm and quiet it was. There was absolutely never a better time to be a road cyclist. The reason, of course, it was that there were hardly any cars. Cars are an auditory and aesthetic blight. I really look forward to the day when our society is designed around pedestrians and bicycles. I hope it happens in my lifetime. |
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As mentioned before, we are on the cusp of self-piloting automobiles. Since we still have 100 year-old vehicles on the road, albeit very few in number, I don't see manual-driving cars going away in our lifetime. I DO see in my crystal ball a future full of electric vehicles. Electric, petrol, or hydrogen-powered, they'll all run you over just as dead unless we have better safety measures for our crowded roads. Will we reach a time when public transportation and private conveyances will be safe for all? Maybe here and in Europe, but surely not in impoverished countries. Its a big Folger's can full of worms, and its not going to get better, and there's no one answer for all of it. Unless...
Hey! I know! We can get rid of all of the motor vehicles! Yeah right. Never happen. This reminds me of a story. Read on if you are bored... I was a machinist for a printing company. The director was a real nutjob. I used to call him The Snapper, because he'd snap. You could see it happening. One minute he'd be just calm and fine and all is well, and then the next minute he's be in a red-faced rage. Oh, he definitely had some issues which drugs - if he took them - definitely didn't help. One of the printers was this little Portugese feller. He ate fruit all the time. Bananas, apples, plums, pears, and sometimes he'd bring in a pineapple and slice it up on his bench and eat it while his press was set up and running. He threw all of his apple cores and banana peels and other fruit waste into his trash, which he was lazy about emptying. This obviously created problems with smell and an abundance of fruit flies. One day the boss walked down the row between the presses and sucked a fruit fly into his mouth and gagged and coughed. HE grabbed the maintenance guy and made him round up EVERY trash can in the building and throw them in the compactor. That took care of the problem, didnt it? No more trash cans, no more reason to have fruit flies buzzing around. Instead of dealing with one lazy little peckerhead who wouldnt empty his trash every day, now everyone suffered. We all just stood around scratching our heads on that one. So I guess I'm just saying that there is no magic wand for any of this autos vs cyclists problem. In a fight between the car and the bike, the bike will always lose, not only in a physical match, but also in income generated for billions of people who rely on cars for transportation. Coexisting peacefully is the only way around it, and it needs to be taught in schools and in public service announcements on tv. We need to remove the dumbass designer drug commercials from primetime television and replace them with reminders of road rules and safety. |
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Yes true in a sense but I do use both so what I am saying is there is always risk from these two forms of transport in my life
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One company had buzzed me more than once a big trucking outfit here with a recognizable colored cab...So after the last incident I called the company when I got home. Spoke to the owner & said today your driver almost gave up part of your company, part of his future earnings & hopefully years of his freedom due to his negligence. Also to make matter worse the oncoming opposite lane had no cars so he could have easily moved left rather than nearly clip me. So I am assuming he is looking elsewhere perhaps his phone? Given he is supposedly a professional driver representing your company I think you should warn him as I do not usually call companies of bad drivers but your trucks...perhaps this same driver has nearly clipped me more than once. I then gave time & location so owner will know exactly which driver. I have not had a problem since with that company & hope it continues |
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Thankfully I guess I am not that annoyed But instead hopeful that calling the owner of that trucking company as I did makes/made a difference Last edited by flying; 05-14-2021 at 02:33 PM. |
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There is not a single cause, nor is there a single answer. But surely the solution with the greatest impact would be for people to take their driving responsibilities seriously and modify their phone habits accordingly. Won't happen, because people are essentially selfish creatures.
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I have been hit from behind while riding but...like the other poster..risk vs reward. I ride in safe places, at safe times..I ride VERY defensively and like flying in general..'somebody is trying to kill you'..so ride..and fly, appropriately. Quote:
Like I said, gotta force people into this way or that. One way is to make energy scarce..not expensive, that has little effect'. But when fuel or even electricity is scarce, people will change..And that change will be slow or catastrophic..and if the later, you'll need more than just gas..but food, ammunition, medicine, water, shelter..just look what a wee hiccup did to the east coast with the pipeline gig..
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