On Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 3:35:56 PM UTC+1, Rolf Mantel wrote:
Am 17.10.2019 um 16:24 schrieb Andre Jute:
On Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 7:49:01 AM UTC+1, Rolf Mantel wrote:

The alternate is not to cycle on the sidewalk in the first place, when
it is known that riding on a sidewalk is 3 times as dangerous as riding
on the road ;-)

I'd be interest to hear where you got your information "that riding on a sidewalk is 3 times as dangerous as riding on the road".

German government research publications
"Forschung Stadtverkehr" number A7, from 1991, quoting a Danish study
(bicycle accident count before/after introducing a "bicycle sidewalk")
Ole Bach, Ole Rosbach, Else Jørgensen: Cyclestier i byer - den
sikkerhedsmæssige effekt, Hg. Vejdirektoratet, Næstved/Dänemark,
1985.

German publications of the same time provide similar results:

Landeshauptstadt München (Hg.): Bereichsweise Unfalldatenauswer-
tung zur Forschreibung der Radwegeplanung. München 1985

Fahrradwerkstatt Glocksee e.V., Auswertung von Radverkehrunfällen
in Hannover, 1985

Alrutz u.a.: Dokumentation zur Sicherung des Radverkehrs,
BASt-FP 8502, Heft 74, Bergisch Gladbach 1989

Thanks, Rolf. -- AJ