Re: People who use your neighborhood as their walking track
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why you can't afford a car
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Date: January 07, 2015 07:43AM
stayin' alive Wrote:
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> > > > > As long as you walk on the yellow line,
> the
> > > > > chances of being hit are slim. I ride my
> > > bike
> > > > in
> > > > > the middle of the street all the time,
> but
> > I
> > > > stay
> > > > > right on the line. No one has ever hit
> me.
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> > > > Sounds like you're lucky, not smart. You
> > really
> > > > must trust these fairfax drivers.
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> > > It's not about luck or trust. I don't believe
> > in
> > > luck, and I don't trust anyone.
> > >
> > > It's about my high IQ.
> > >
> > > I notice that drivers, yapping on their cell
> > > phones, are apt to swerve to the right; I
> don't
> > > know why, but that's what the assholes do.
> > >
> > > Where are the bike lanes? On the right? RIGHT?
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> > >
> > > So I ride my bike down the yellow line in the
> > > middle of the road. It keeps me alive.
> >
> > There are a lot of idiots that are still alive.
> I
> > don't think that's a testament that walking in
> the
> > middle of the road is safer than the sidewalk.
> I
> > guess it's different with a bicycle but you
> can't
> > be that smart if you base your self
> preservation
> > on a vague observation. if your life is
> involved,
> > wouldn't you do some research? Pedestrians
> killed
> > on the sidewalk vs in the road vs the
> percentage
> > of people stupid enough to be on a roadway
> > compared to percentage of casualties out of the
> > group as a whole.
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> > most pedestrians are killed on the sidewalk
> > because most pedestrians ARE on the sidewalk.
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> OK, you do your research; I'll do mine.
> Statistically speaking, I have a better chance of
> surviving in the middle of the road, because, as
> you so succinctly stated, most pedestrians ARE
> killed on the sidewalk.
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> So, look for me on Fairfax County Parkway,
> tomorrow. Don't purposely hit me, just to prove a
> point, ok? Thanx
I guess you need me to help you out with the logic here. Ok. Imagine 1000 people walking to work every day for a year. How many will choose to walk in the street? Let's say three. Over the course of a year, 5 pedestrians have been hit on the sidewalk, vs only one was killed while walking in the street.
In that scenario, your chances of being killed on the sidewalk are 5 out of a thousand, but in the street it's 1 out of 3. Less deaths in the street, but MUCH more likely if you're stupid enough to be there instead of the designated walking area.
I'm just trying to help you out. You can't be that smart if you're riding a bicycle in this weather.