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25-05-2007, 08:03 PM
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You know how the government hypes up all the road deaths but statistically speaking if you are walking,cycling is it less safe than driving like dangerous drivers plowing into the side walk killing people rather than where you have a car to protect yourself?
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25-05-2007, 08:06 PM
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/me worries about all the pedestrian now driving down the sidewalk in full battle amour...
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25-05-2007, 08:10 PM
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Cycling sucks!
We've been trying to push cycling lanes at work but everyone whinges so we give up. |
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25-05-2007, 08:47 PM
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cycling is far less safe when it is done on the road with cars. Walking has a much higher incidence of strokes and heart attack (vascular events) that are directly attributable to using walking as a form of transport. Per km travelled, walking would have to be the most dangerous - falls in the elderly or kids with associated fractures and disability, heart attacks, pain in knees, ankles and hips/low back. It is clearly unsafe to travel by walking, so we need to put some form of fines in place for those walking above a certain pace! That should save some lives.
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25-05-2007, 08:54 PM
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Walking and cycling has just become a hell of a lot more dangerous now that you have a license lol.
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25-05-2007, 08:59 PM
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hahaha
i would have to say walking would be fairly safe, i cycle and the amount of times i have nearly been cleaned up is amazing! The thing that gets me is all the hype on fatalities on the road saying its increasing. Fair enough no one wants any but ....... The one thing i want to see is those statistics based on a comparison of fatalities per year versus the number of cars on the road! There might be a double in fatalities but registerable cars might have quadrupled ...... |
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Is walking,cycling statistically less safe than drivingin
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