If I can find the link, I'll post the stats I found claiming that, per hour, cycling is as dangerous for serious injury and death as driving and half as dangerous as walking.
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Grant, > > for the link to the TED talk. While the speaker threw out some > interesting numbers, nobody I have read/listened to on either side is > quoting numbers that really let us compare the dangers of biking > versus driving versus walking in urban areas. We need accident (minor > and serious) and death rate per hour driven/ridden/walked to make a > realistic comparison of how dangerous these modes are. 40000 driver/ > passenger death per year sounds impressive, but you can't compare it > to bike deaths without knowing numbers of hours spent in cars/on > bikes. > > Per hour rather than per mile because people make choices as to where > they live based on the mode of transportation they use, keeping > transit times more or less the same. In other words, someone who bike > commutes isn't going to move 50 miles from his/her work, but someone > who drives wouldn't think twice about it (in North America, at least). > The pain threshold for what is "too far" for any given activity is not > measured in miles, but in time in transit. > > Does anyone know where to find these numbers? Would be great to > compare different countries as well. > > Thanks, > > Gernot > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
