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The article doesn't even talk about deaths, only injuries. Compared to the number of pedestrians killed by motor vehicles the figures seem insignificant. More p
by cup-of-tea 9y ago
The article doesn't even talk about deaths, only injuries. Compared to the number of pedestrians killed by motor vehicles the figures seem insignificant. More people die each year from choking.
- bigtunacan 9y agoFirst paragraph from the article... "The recent death of Jill Tarlov, a pedestrian killed by a bicyclist in New York’s Central Park —the second such incident in two months—engendered a flurry of commentary and analysis of the dangers of cyclists determined to train for speed in one of the city’s most crowded recreational havens." It goes on to discuss that most deaths are due to head injuries.
- GoToRO 9y ago"train for speed" so it's not transport...
- michaelmrose 9y agoGetting injured is significant to the people that got injured.