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The stats are telling though, you put your family at 250% risk of death by choosing the bike over the car. That is a major problem that needs to be addressed w
by aeternum 4y ago
The stats are telling though, you put your family at 250% risk of death by choosing the bike over the car. That is a major problem that needs to be addressed with infrastructure.
Unless your city has separated bike lanes, it's hard to say that this is a safe choice compared to a car.
In the UK the stats are even worse, with something like 16x risk of death and 78x risk of injury. https://kennettpeterson.com/2016/08/26/riding-your-bike-is-78-times-more-dangerous-than-driving-your-car/ https://kennettpeterson.com/2016/08/26/riding-your-bike-is-7...
- stephencanon 4y agoI feel pretty comfortable that riding a bike here is safer than driving a car in the suburbs. Drivers generally pay attention, and speeds are much lower. More infrastructure would make it better, but we have a real protected lane for the part of our commute that actually has significant traffic.