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Non Motor Vehicle Accidents for Bicyclists (Survey for PeopleResiding in USA)
"Non-motor vehicle accidents constitute more than 90 percent of the bicycle
accidents in the United States (based on emergency room research). It is therefore vital that we learn how bicyclists crash so that bike engineering can address all of the safety needs of the bicyclists. We would like to draw information of any non-motor bicycle accident you have been involved in through this questionnaire" ------------------------------------------------------- I have been a yearround transportational cyclist for 8 years. I do about 4000 miles/year on roads and trails. ALL collisions were motor-vehicle involved and in every case it was due to the car driver breaking the law(s) I find the figure of 90% of bike collisions to not involve a motor-vehicle hard to believe. |
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Non Motor Vehicle Accidents for Bicyclists (Survey for People
I have been a yearround transportational cyclist for 8 years.
I do about 4000 miles/year on roads and trails. ALL collisions were motor-vehicle involved and in every case it was due to the car driver breaking the law(s) I find the figure of 90% of bike collisions to not involve a motor-vehicle hard to believe. Well, I don't know. I too have cycled tens of thousands of miles, and have yet to be involved in a collision accident with a motor vehicle (many, many near misses!). On the other hand, I have gone down many times, whether due to high speed downhill turns (very dangerous!), sand, mechanical failure, unseen hazards, and (sadly) other bikes! My own experience would seem consistent with this statistic. The study should perhaps ask about both types of accidents, to clear up this preliminary statistic detail (?) |
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Non Motor Vehicle Accidents for Bicyclists (Survey for People Residing in USA)
In article , David Kerber wrote:
I have been a yearround transportational cyclist for 8 years. I do about 4000 miles/year on roads and trails. ALL collisions were motor-vehicle involved and in every case it was due to I could see that for "collisions", but he said "Accidents", which would include falling when hitting a patch of sand while rounding a curve, mis-judging a bunny hop over a curb and falling, etc. IMO, these don't count as "collisions". And these "Accidents" occur mostly to newbies, either to little kids or lard-asses starting to exercise. Hence safety measures recommended after this survey will be useless and preferably miserable, eg support wheels, speeding restrictors, helmets, corsets, kneepads and whatever some clueless "expert" can think of when paid to do so. :-/ |
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Non Motor Vehicle Accidents for Bicyclists (Survey for PeopleResiding in USA)
"Jay" wrote in message
... "Non-motor vehicle accidents constitute more than 90 percent of the bicycle accidents in the United States (based on emergency room research). It is therefore vital that we learn how bicyclists crash so that bike engineering can address all of the safety needs of the bicyclists. We would like to draw information of any non-motor bicycle accident you have been involved in through this questionnaire" ------------------------------------------------------- I have been a yearround transportational cyclist for 8 years. I do about 4000 miles/year on roads and trails. Yeah, yeah, me too. I find the figure of 90% of bike collisions to not involve a motor-vehicle hard to believe. He said "accidents" not "collisions". But every time I've fallen, it's been just me. I miss judged something, and down I went. It's certainly possible that you're more skilled than I. Another possibility is that I take more risks. I'm perhaps too fond of adrenaline -- maybe it's just as well I don't drive to work, eh? -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky Please replace earthlink for mouse-potato and .net for .com Home of the meditative cyclist: http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm New CD coming out this month! See: http://www.tiferet.net "To forgive is to set the prisoner free and then discover the prisoner was you." |
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Non Motor Vehicle Accidents for Bicyclists (Survey for People Residing in USA)
Jay wrote in message ...
"Non-motor vehicle accidents constitute more than 90 percent of the bicycle accidents in the United States (based on emergency room research). .... I find the figure of 90% of bike collisions to not involve a motor-vehicle hard to believe. I've been cycling for 20 years, both recreationally and commuting. My only mishaps were falls, mostly off road but three were on-road. I've never collided with a motor vehicle. Steve Goodridge |
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Non Motor Vehicle Accidents for Bicyclists (Survey for People Residing in USA)
In rec.bicycles.misc Steven Goodridge wrote:
: I've been cycling for 20 years, both recreationally and commuting. My : only mishaps were falls, mostly off road but three were on-road. I've : never collided with a motor vehicle. ... heh. i've been cycling for 20 years similiarly (all road) and i've fallen once from mechanical failure (1992, broken bb spindle) and three times from vehicles .. twice hit a car (1993 and 2003, right turned in both cases) and once avoiding an oncoming 18-wheeler in my lane on a rural highway (2002). 3 of 4 for vehicles for me. -- david reuteler |
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Non Motor Vehicle Accidents for Bicyclists (Survey for People Residing in USA)
I presume "bike collisions" should read "bike accidents." That being the
case I would suspect that far more than 90% of such accidents do not involve a motor vehicle. I've had numerous accidents but only one required a trip to the ER. Except for a friend who got a bad door prize I can think of no one who collided with motor vehicles. It does happen and can be deadly, but is extremely rare. On the other hand, if you define "accident" as requiring a trip to the ER the incidence would no doubt go up some. -- Steve Juniper "Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere." "Steven Goodridge" wrote in message om... Jay wrote in message ... "Non-motor vehicle accidents constitute more than 90 percent of the bicycle accidents in the United States (based on emergency room research). .... I find the figure of 90% of bike collisions to not involve a motor-vehicle hard to believe. I've been cycling for 20 years, both recreationally and commuting. My only mishaps were falls, mostly off road but three were on-road. I've never collided with a motor vehicle. Steve Goodridge |
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The word "Accident" vs collision ( taking responsibility)
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