Comments on: 08/30/2012 – A Call is Made http://yehudamoon.com/08302012-a-call-is-made/ Fri, 24 May 2013 18:50:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Chris http://yehudamoon.com/08302012-a-call-is-made/#comment-55036 Chris Fri, 31 Aug 2012 02:49:37 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3429#comment-55036 Cycling on US streets, though more dangerous than cycling on the streets of more bicycle friendly countries, is a safer than average activity in life. That is, at 12 mph, the amount of time one would have to spend cycling on the streets in order to have a 50% probability of dying in a cycling accident exceeds the actuarial life expectancy of an American at birth. Note that that is time spent cycling, not time being a cyclist. Riding with lights at night and not riding in the street against traffic further enhances cycling safety significantly. What the statistics don't say, at least no study I've seen that uses sound methodology (I'm a grad student studying statistics and have read many studies on the topic), is that bicycle helmets enhance cycling safety. Cycling on US streets, though more dangerous than cycling on the streets of more bicycle friendly countries, is a safer than average activity in life. That is, at 12 mph, the amount of time one would have to spend cycling on the streets in order to have a 50% probability of dying in a cycling accident exceeds the actuarial life expectancy of an American at birth. Note that that is time spent cycling, not time being a cyclist. Riding with lights at night and not riding in the street against traffic further enhances cycling safety significantly.

What the statistics don’t say, at least no study I’ve seen that uses sound methodology (I’m a grad student studying statistics and have read many studies on the topic), is that bicycle helmets enhance cycling safety.

]]> By: EN http://yehudamoon.com/08302012-a-call-is-made/#comment-55033 EN Fri, 31 Aug 2012 01:18:04 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3429#comment-55033 We have friends who do tall bikes & bike trailers & stuff with their little kid. He could ride a two-wheeler down (shallow) steps before he was 3. At some point they were biking near their home when he was a toddler, with him in a trailer, and someone called cps on them. All my feelings about the worse-than-uselessness of cps aside, what an awful thing to do. We have friends who do tall bikes & bike trailers & stuff with their little kid. He could ride a two-wheeler down (shallow) steps before he was 3. At some point they were biking near their home when he was a toddler, with him in a trailer, and someone called cps on them. All my feelings about the worse-than-uselessness of cps aside, what an awful thing to do.

]]> By: Kapusta http://yehudamoon.com/08302012-a-call-is-made/#comment-55032 Kapusta Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:50:33 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3429#comment-55032 What do the stats say? What do the stats say?

]]> By: Schmuck http://yehudamoon.com/08302012-a-call-is-made/#comment-55031 Schmuck Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:48:36 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3429#comment-55031 Do not mess with the Moon Man, he'll come after you flip through the next few strips from here http://yehudamoon.com/20101119/ Do not mess with the Moon Man, he’ll come after you
flip through the next few strips from here
http://yehudamoon.com/20101119/

]]> By: Schmuck http://yehudamoon.com/08302012-a-call-is-made/#comment-55030 Schmuck Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:41:11 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3429#comment-55030 I cannot stand righteous people, they tend to be the source of all evil I cannot stand righteous people, they tend to be the source of all evil

]]> By: Sam Russell http://yehudamoon.com/08302012-a-call-is-made/#comment-55028 Sam Russell Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:07:57 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3429#comment-55028 http://www.sydneycyclist.com/forum/topics/child-endangerment-verbally-abused-filmed An Australian commercial television station appears to have done precisely this to a cyclist towing a trailer with a child to create television. http://www.sydneycyclist.com/forum/topics/child-endangerment-verbally-abused-filmed

An Australian commercial television station appears to have done precisely this to a cyclist towing a trailer with a child to create television.

]]> By: Tencon http://yehudamoon.com/08302012-a-call-is-made/#comment-55026 Tencon Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:33:37 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3429#comment-55026 Maybe the Tesla is safe as nobody dared drive it in trafic in case it gets damaged and it costs them a lot for repairs? ;-) (That is a joke btw) Maybe the Tesla is safe as nobody dared drive it in trafic in case it gets damaged and it costs them a lot for repairs? ;-) (That is a joke btw)

]]> By: Tencon http://yehudamoon.com/08302012-a-call-is-made/#comment-55024 Tencon Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:27:37 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3429#comment-55024 Just Tracie Grimshaw and text - no article for me IE8/Win7/etc Just Tracie Grimshaw and text – no article for me
IE8/Win7/etc

]]> By: Cyclingforslack http://yehudamoon.com/08302012-a-call-is-made/#comment-55021 Cyclingforslack Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:01:42 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3429#comment-55021 She's old, ofcourse she still has a land line. She’s old, ofcourse she still has a land line.

]]> By: ddrt http://yehudamoon.com/08302012-a-call-is-made/#comment-55020 ddrt Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:49:53 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/?p=3429#comment-55020 Any argument for it not being safe is an argument for cars being dangerous. Any argument for it not being safe is an argument for cars being dangerous.

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