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Old 07-22-14 | 12:01 PM
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cafzali
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Originally Posted by PatrickGSR94
Not sure I understand. If I drive to work it takes about 23 minutes. If I bike to work it takes anywhere from 65 to 80 minutes. Does that mean I'm more or less likely to die if I drive or bike?
Right. It has nothing to do with speed, but total miles traveled by mode. Given that vastly fewer miles in the U.S. are accumulated on a bike, the stats on bike injuries/fatalities will always look high in comparison to car travel, just as airlines are statistically vastly safer than car travel. Yet because most people do the vast majority of their traveling in a car, the safety of air travel has little overall impact on their daily life.
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