Old 09-23-12, 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by RobertHurst
The claim is false.

All that is shown by the studies is that more cycling experience corresponds to lower accident rates.

Forester would have us believe that club cycling and greater cycling experience in general corresponds to vehicular cycling. That's a bogus assumption. Not only is this assumption not supported, there is evidence to the contrary, in the Dennerlein study of Boston messengers.
You are really trying to consider Boston Bike messengers as normal cyclist. That is like considering ice road truckers as normal motorist.
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