Originally Posted by
njkayaker
Bizarre. Your 3 times more dangerous" statistics treats all riding and all driving as the same. You are doing the exact "broadening" you are complaning about.
I refer to a one-to-one comparison between activities. You compare risk for all of the hours driving against risk for all of the hours cycling. That is a broadening of the scope.
Originally Posted by
njkayaker
Actually, that risk is a (very rough) average and the risk to individuals likely has a very wide variation. Bizarre.
Obviously, but that does not invalidate statistical measures of risk.
Originally Posted by
njkayaker
Anyway, no one (including you) can get statistics without any "broadening".
Semantics, using the term in a different context than intended.
Originally Posted by
njkayaker
You made that argument (without being a "helmeteer").
Yes, I have made that argument (that impact with the horizontal ground is independent of horizontal velocity), and it is a correct one. I realize that you disagree.