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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by oinksoft on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @03:24PM (#6014726)
You might find this interesting:

  UK figures show that it takes at least 8000 years of
  average cycling to produce one clinically severe head
  injury and 22,000 years for one death.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_helmet#Health_benefits...
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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by clarky07 on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @04:29PM (#6015218)
So? From the cited article giving that stat - "a mile of driving is ten times safer than a mile of cycling".

You might argue that cycling is safe. You can't argue that it is safer. It simply isn't.

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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by mullingitover on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @08:40PM (#6016669)
Cycling on its own is very safe, it's the cars that are dangerous.
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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by clarky07 on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @11:50PM (#6017349)
True, but that's a silly assertion. Cars by themselves are pretty safe. It's the other cars that cause problems. Since the cars are there, biking is more dangerous than being in another car.
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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by mullingitover on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @03:24PM (#6022183)
> Cars by themselves are pretty safe. It's the other cars that cause problems.

Tell that to Michael Hastings, I'm sure he'll be thrilled to hear the news.

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