Originally Posted by
Tiglath
How can you possible conclude that cycling is safe, a fairly absolute statement, when some 50k cyclists are injured every year in the US alone, and hundreds die, and the number of injuries have increased almost 10% since 2001? It boggles the mind. Some 'safety.' ...
Turns out that more than 250,000 people die in their sleep every year, just in America. So I guess that makes sleeping far more dangerous than bicycling. Or maybe it just means that using raw data without context while trying to prove a point is stupid.