Originally Posted by
jamawani
I hate programs that give you only one or two at a time.
Thanks for your insightful post.
The ONE thing that annoys me is the absence of reference to the base rate. I mean, to the number of cyclists using xzy corridors. If 90% of accidents occur in cities but 99% of ridden miles are city miles, the implication is that rural cycling is 10 times as risky as urban cycling (10% of the accidents, 1% of the ridden miles.) AFAIK, statistics for motor vehicles are normalized (ex: fatality rate per million of miles). I have yet to see something similar for cycling. And then there is the question of stress vs mild crash vs hospitalization vs fatalities. Oh well. Perhaps ride Pelotons this summer?
