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Old 02-21-13 | 02:45 PM
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spare_wheel
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Technically, you will have lost, because you ended up in the "wrong" column (Injured/Deceased).
imo, cycling cautiously at intersections is more risky than idaho stopping a cager traffic signal. and actual evidence (as opposed to safety nanny anecdotes) appears to support my opinion:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/ma...most-accidents

In 2007, a leaked report by Transport for London's road safety unit noted that 86% of the women cyclists killed in London between 1999 and 2004 collided with a lorry. By contrast, lorries were involved in 47% of deaths of male cyclists.
The study was blunt in its conclusions: "Women may be over-represented in (collisions with goods vehicles) because they are less likely than men to disobey red lights."

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