Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident

Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by ejs on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @02:31PM (#6014342)

People are often killed riding on sidewalks, I avoid riding on them because they are very dangerous wherever there is a driveway - cars move to the edge of the street without expecting a vehicle moving at 15mph+ on the sidewalk.

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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by enraged_camel on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @02:35PM (#6014370)

Trust me, I know. I always slow down to walking speed when I'm approaching a drive-way or a parking lot exit.

The thing about riding your bike on the sidewalk is that you, as the cyclist, can avoid virtually all danger by being cautious. Whereas on the road, you're pretty much at the mercy of car drivers and are at great risk regardless of how careful you are.

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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by malandrew on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @02:48PM (#6014460)

Citation. I mean I know it does happen, but I'm extremely skeptical of the use of the word "often" here.

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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by ejs on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @03:07PM (#6014590)

http://www.enhancements.org/download/trb/1636-011.PDF

"The most interesting result of the analysis was the ﬁnding that sidewalk cyclists have higher event rates on roads than nonsidewalk cyclists."

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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by clarky07 on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @03:29PM (#6014765)

Nothing in that paper talks about people being killed as far as I could see. Higher event rates != higher deaths. Running into another bike was considered an event, but that's not generally deadly.

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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by malandrew on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @07:24PM (#6016377)

Nothing in that paper supports this statement: "People are often killed riding on sidewalks..."

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