Originally Posted by ghettocruiser
Back to the original topic, the risk factor figure cited by John here is more than
two orders of magnitude smaller than a study done in my area, depending on the definition of "casualty".
The study, which I have cited numerous times before...
http://www.toronto.ca/transportation...icle/index.htm
...reports that motorist overtaking (not incl. right or left hooks) is
11.9% of all reported crashes
4 of 10 cyclist fatalities.
I agree the fear may be unreasonable, but I remain unable to reconcile these statistics.
I've seen other studies, some posted here in A&S before, that indicate that collisions caused by overtaking traffic are similar to what you cited above, and far above Forester's outdated and suspect claim.
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