Wayne
2014-10-29 20:43:00 UTC
All you gungrabbers needing some cause to chase to make you feel better....
How about outlawing bicycles?
There's a 16% rise in deaths in 2 years, and injuries are too numerous to
enumerate.
http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-californa-leads-national-bicycle-deaths-20141027-story.html
Bicycle traffic deaths soar; California leads nation
By JERRY HIRSCH contact the reporter Pedestrian and Cyclist
TransportationPedestrian and Cyclist DisastersScientific ResearchBicycle
Racing
California leads the nation in cycling deaths but Florida is not far behind
Most people killed on bicycles are male, adult and live in California or
Florida
Six states, Calif., Fla., Ill., N.Y., Mich. and Texas, made up 54% of
cycling traffic deaths from 2010-12
If you are going to be killed by a car while riding a bicycle, there’s a
good chance you are male, older than 20 and living in California or Florida.
That’s the finding of a report issued Monday by the Governors Highway Safety
Assn. that also noted that between 2010 and 2012, U.S. bicyclist deaths
increased by 16%.
California, with 338 cyclists killed in collisions with motor vehicles, and
Florida, with 329, had the highest totals during that period, the report
said.
They also had the largest increases in annual cyclist traffic fatalities
from 2010 to 2012. Florida’s deaths rose by 37 to 120 in 2012 while cyclist
traffic fatalities in California rose by 23 to 123. California had the most
bicyclists killed of any state in 2012.
Nationally, cyclist traffic deaths jumped from 621 in 2010 to 680 in 2011
and 722 in 2012. The 16% increase was far greater than other motor vehicle
fatalities, which rose by just 1% during this same time period.
Bicyclist deaths account for about 2% of deaths involving motor vehicles
nationwide. But they account for about 5% in Florida and a little more than
4% in California.
Just six states, California, Florida, Illinois, New York, Michigan and
Texas, accounted for 54% of all cycling traffic fatalities from 2010
through 2012.
Allan Williams, formerly the top scientist at the Insurance Institute for
Highway Safety, analyzed fatality data to uncover bicyclist crash patterns
and compile the report.
He noted there have been “remarkable changes” in who is dying in crashes
involving bicycles and cars. For example, adults age 20 and older
represented 84% of bicyclist fatalities in 2012, compared with just 21% in
1975. Adult males comprised 74% of the total number of bicyclists killed in
2012.
The lack of helmet use and alcohol impairment continue to contribute to
bicyclist deaths, he said.
In 2012, two-thirds or more of fatally injured bicyclists were not wearing
helmets, and 28% of riders age 16 and older had blood alcohol concentrations
of .08% or higher, the level at which someone is considered impaired.
How about outlawing bicycles?
There's a 16% rise in deaths in 2 years, and injuries are too numerous to
enumerate.
http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-californa-leads-national-bicycle-deaths-20141027-story.html
Bicycle traffic deaths soar; California leads nation
By JERRY HIRSCH contact the reporter Pedestrian and Cyclist
TransportationPedestrian and Cyclist DisastersScientific ResearchBicycle
Racing
California leads the nation in cycling deaths but Florida is not far behind
Most people killed on bicycles are male, adult and live in California or
Florida
Six states, Calif., Fla., Ill., N.Y., Mich. and Texas, made up 54% of
cycling traffic deaths from 2010-12
If you are going to be killed by a car while riding a bicycle, there’s a
good chance you are male, older than 20 and living in California or Florida.
That’s the finding of a report issued Monday by the Governors Highway Safety
Assn. that also noted that between 2010 and 2012, U.S. bicyclist deaths
increased by 16%.
California, with 338 cyclists killed in collisions with motor vehicles, and
Florida, with 329, had the highest totals during that period, the report
said.
They also had the largest increases in annual cyclist traffic fatalities
from 2010 to 2012. Florida’s deaths rose by 37 to 120 in 2012 while cyclist
traffic fatalities in California rose by 23 to 123. California had the most
bicyclists killed of any state in 2012.
Nationally, cyclist traffic deaths jumped from 621 in 2010 to 680 in 2011
and 722 in 2012. The 16% increase was far greater than other motor vehicle
fatalities, which rose by just 1% during this same time period.
Bicyclist deaths account for about 2% of deaths involving motor vehicles
nationwide. But they account for about 5% in Florida and a little more than
4% in California.
Just six states, California, Florida, Illinois, New York, Michigan and
Texas, accounted for 54% of all cycling traffic fatalities from 2010
through 2012.
Allan Williams, formerly the top scientist at the Insurance Institute for
Highway Safety, analyzed fatality data to uncover bicyclist crash patterns
and compile the report.
He noted there have been “remarkable changes” in who is dying in crashes
involving bicycles and cars. For example, adults age 20 and older
represented 84% of bicyclist fatalities in 2012, compared with just 21% in
1975. Adult males comprised 74% of the total number of bicyclists killed in
2012.
The lack of helmet use and alcohol impairment continue to contribute to
bicyclist deaths, he said.
In 2012, two-thirds or more of fatally injured bicyclists were not wearing
helmets, and 28% of riders age 16 and older had blood alcohol concentrations
of .08% or higher, the level at which someone is considered impaired.