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> the safety risk just becomes too high to stomach Check out chart 2: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-road-use
by alkjsdlkjasd 4y ago
> the safety risk just becomes too high to stomach
Check out chart 2:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-road-user-risk-2021/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-road-user-risk-2021-data https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casua...
- nonethewiser 4y agoTo share with everyone else, chart 2 shows 12x more fatalities per mile traveled for bikes compared to cars.
- alkjsdlkjasd 4y agoOn the other hand, is shows that pedestrians and cyclists have the same rate of fatalities per mile traveled. So better to not walk or cycle and just stick to your car /s
- nonethewiser 4y agoIt absolutely is more safe to put a child in a car in a car seat than to put them on your bike. I wouldn’t even do that outside a city, on a quiet paved bike path.