Comments on: Bigger is … Bigger http://mighkwilson.com/2009/04/bigger-is-bigger/ Expert Advice for Central Florida Bicycle Users Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:50:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rantwick http://mighkwilson.com/2009/04/bigger-is-bigger/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Rantwick Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:55:24 +0000 http://mighkwilson.com/?p=368#comment-60 "Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Finds Bicyclists, Pedestrians Have Virtually No Impact on Others" Love it... I know I'll be using that in conversation. Nice Post Rantwick “Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Finds Bicyclists, Pedestrians Have Virtually No Impact on Others”

Love it… I know I’ll be using that in conversation. Nice Post

Rantwick

]]> By: Steve A http://mighkwilson.com/2009/04/bigger-is-bigger/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Steve A Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:30:04 +0000 http://mighkwilson.com/?p=368#comment-59 BTW, in the same article, they trot out the old canard that helmets reduce head injuries by 85% - even the AUTHORS of that study concede that number's too high. BTW, in the same article, they trot out the old canard that helmets reduce head injuries by 85% – even the AUTHORS of that study concede that number’s too high.

]]> By: Steve A http://mighkwilson.com/2009/04/bigger-is-bigger/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Steve A Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:26:00 +0000 http://mighkwilson.com/?p=368#comment-58 IIHS. I think their credibility is pretty low when they claim things like "Ninety-five percent of bicyclists killed in 2006 reportedly weren't wearing helmets." (Reference website link above). That falls BELOW the level of "junk science." Even given the low level of details available in news stories, it's easy to see that a much larger fraction of dead cyclists WERE wearing helmets than 5%. Go ahead, slam them - at least when they do slipshod stories... IIHS. I think their credibility is pretty low when they claim things like “Ninety-five percent of bicyclists killed in 2006 reportedly weren’t wearing helmets.” (Reference website link above).

That falls BELOW the level of “junk science.” Even given the low level of details available in news stories, it’s easy to see that a much larger fraction of dead cyclists WERE wearing helmets than 5%.

Go ahead, slam them – at least when they do slipshod stories…

]]> By: ChipSeal http://mighkwilson.com/2009/04/bigger-is-bigger/comment-page-1/#comment-57 ChipSeal Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:26:51 +0000 http://mighkwilson.com/?p=368#comment-57 The vulnerable users crowd propose overlaying an entire separate system of separated facilities to mitigate the hazard of motor vehicles. Practical? A reasonable solution? LOL! The vulnerable users crowd propose overlaying an entire separate system of separated facilities to mitigate the hazard of motor vehicles. Practical? A reasonable solution? LOL!

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