Comm 120 Class Speech
#1
Life is short Ride hard
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: In the middle of nowhere
Posts: 1,114
Bikes: not enough
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Comm 120 Class Speech
Hello,
I am doing a speech about biking to work, and safety for my Comm 120 class I need statistics give em to me
I am doing a speech about biking to work, and safety for my Comm 120 class I need statistics give em to me
#2
genec
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: West Coast
Posts: 27,079
Bikes: custom built, sannino, beachbike, giant trance x2
Mentioned: 86 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 13658 Post(s)
Liked 4,532 Times
in
3,158 Posts
First I would start with some proper grammer.
"How Long Has it been sense you rode a bike?" should actually be
"How Long have you ridden a bike."
Or if you really prefer... change "sense" to "since."
But frankly, it has been "since" yesterday that I have ridden a bike; but I have ridden bikes for well over 30 years. I "sense" that is what you really want to know.
"How Long Has it been sense you rode a bike?" should actually be
"How Long have you ridden a bike."
Or if you really prefer... change "sense" to "since."
But frankly, it has been "since" yesterday that I have ridden a bike; but I have ridden bikes for well over 30 years. I "sense" that is what you really want to know.
#4
genec
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: West Coast
Posts: 27,079
Bikes: custom built, sannino, beachbike, giant trance x2
Mentioned: 86 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 13658 Post(s)
Liked 4,532 Times
in
3,158 Posts
LOL. 57% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
#5
Been Around Awhile
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Burlington Iowa
Posts: 29,974
Bikes: Vaterland and Ragazzi
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 12 Post(s)
Liked 1,536 Times
in
1,045 Posts
Originally Posted by ryanparrish
Hello,
I am doing a speech about biking to work, and safety for my Comm 120 class I need statistics give em to me
I am doing a speech about biking to work, and safety for my Comm 120 class I need statistics give em to me
#7
Life is short Ride hard
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: In the middle of nowhere
Posts: 1,114
Bikes: not enough
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
How about 50% of people don't like to help Thanks I Like To Bike. Maybe I should change my speech that cyclists need to be ran of the road 90% of the time in St Petersburg FL JK
#8
genec
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: West Coast
Posts: 27,079
Bikes: custom built, sannino, beachbike, giant trance x2
Mentioned: 86 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 13658 Post(s)
Liked 4,532 Times
in
3,158 Posts
Originally Posted by ryanparrish
How about 50% of people don't like to help Thanks I Like To Bike. Maybe I should change my speech that cyclists need to be ran of the road 90% of the time in St Petersburg FL JK
Now quit surfing the net and get your homework done.
#9
You need a new bike
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 5,433
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 4 Times
in
3 Posts
Here's some real help (not answers):
Do a google search on "statisical abstract". Find the government website for this. In there, you can search foraccident statistics for all kinds of causes. You'll have to do some work, but you'll learn something about finding data.
One hint: Since it's a government website, the data you get will at least be authoritative, not something supplied by an unknown person on the internet.
Do a google search on "statisical abstract". Find the government website for this. In there, you can search foraccident statistics for all kinds of causes. You'll have to do some work, but you'll learn something about finding data.
One hint: Since it's a government website, the data you get will at least be authoritative, not something supplied by an unknown person on the internet.
#10
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 658
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by ryanparrish
How about 50% of people don't like to help Thanks I Like To Bike. Maybe I should change my speech that cyclists need to be ran of the road 90% of the time in St Petersburg FL JK
How 'bout: 1% of posters exhibit "road rage" while posting in an anonymous forum.
#11
Been Around Awhile
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Burlington Iowa
Posts: 29,974
Bikes: Vaterland and Ragazzi
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 12 Post(s)
Liked 1,536 Times
in
1,045 Posts
Originally Posted by ryanparrish
How about 50% of people don't like to help Thanks I Like To Bike. Maybe I should change my speech that cyclists need to be ran of the road 90% of the time in St Petersburg FL JK
#12
Life is short Ride hard
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: In the middle of nowhere
Posts: 1,114
Bikes: not enough
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Thanks Supcom for the help. TomCryar you cant take a joke
#14
Life is short Ride hard
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: In the middle of nowhere
Posts: 1,114
Bikes: not enough
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Furthermore It isn't the fact of shaking a leg, and getting the work done it's that if I am going to be a mouthpiece for cyclists in a non-cyclist audience I figure I should get some input from other cyclists
#15
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Toronto (again) Ontario, Canada
Posts: 6,931
Bikes: Old Bike: 1975 Raleigh Delta, New Bike: 2004 Norco Bushpilot
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
5 Posts
Originally Posted by tomcryar
How 'bout: 1% of posters exhibit "road rage" while posting in an anonymous forum.
#17
Life is short Ride hard
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: In the middle of nowhere
Posts: 1,114
Bikes: not enough
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Well Do to some good research, and help from you guys I found out that the first Automobile accident occured between a cyclist and car in 1896 it happened in NY, and people that live in the District have the most car cyclist accidents 6.3 percent of the population
Last edited by ryanparrish; 09-26-06 at 05:29 PM.
#18
genec
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: West Coast
Posts: 27,079
Bikes: custom built, sannino, beachbike, giant trance x2
Mentioned: 86 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 13658 Post(s)
Liked 4,532 Times
in
3,158 Posts
Here's some stats to chew on...
https://neptune.spacebears.com/opine/helmets.html
Here's a collection of links to stats and a pretty nice bike site...
https://www.kenkifer.com/bikepages/survey/index.htm
Do some reading and then put it all together.
Good luck. BTW the most important part of doing a Comm 120 presentation is knowing your material well.
https://neptune.spacebears.com/opine/helmets.html
Here's a collection of links to stats and a pretty nice bike site...
https://www.kenkifer.com/bikepages/survey/index.htm
Do some reading and then put it all together.
Good luck. BTW the most important part of doing a Comm 120 presentation is knowing your material well.
#19
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Bootiful Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 2,023
Bikes: GT Edge for the road/Specialized Hopper (well the frame and the bb, everything else is new) for the dirt
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
The recent NYC Report on bike safety/fatalities in the city had a fair amount of data in it. (The merits of the analysis and the conclussions drawn are debatable.)
https://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/download...ike-report.pdf
(HINT: in the future, say you are doing a presentation...)
https://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/download...ike-report.pdf
(HINT: in the future, say you are doing a presentation...)
#20
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Bootiful Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 2,023
Bikes: GT Edge for the road/Specialized Hopper (well the frame and the bb, everything else is new) for the dirt
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by genec
The most important part of doing a Comm 120 presentation is knowing your material well.
I did a presentation on making the perfect Long Island Iced Tea. A+
#21
Life is short Ride hard
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: In the middle of nowhere
Posts: 1,114
Bikes: not enough
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I wonder why this is?
https://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/344.pdf
In the model for riders 15 years of age and older, risk was also affected by riding
surface. As in the children's model, the adult risk was higher on paved roadways. The risk on
neighborhood streets was about 7 times the risk on bike paths and about 9 times the risk on
unpaved surfaces. Moreover, the risk on major thoroughfares, the highest risk riding surface,
was about 2.5 times the risk on neighborhood streets. As in the children's model, risk was
higher for riders who lived in areas with greater population density. However, there was no
significant difference in risk between daylight and non-daylight hours. Nor did rider gender
independently affect the injury risk.
surface. As in the children's model, the adult risk was higher on paved roadways. The risk on
neighborhood streets was about 7 times the risk on bike paths and about 9 times the risk on
unpaved surfaces. Moreover, the risk on major thoroughfares, the highest risk riding surface,
was about 2.5 times the risk on neighborhood streets. As in the children's model, risk was
higher for riders who lived in areas with greater population density. However, there was no
significant difference in risk between daylight and non-daylight hours. Nor did rider gender
independently affect the injury risk.
#22
genec
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: West Coast
Posts: 27,079
Bikes: custom built, sannino, beachbike, giant trance x2
Mentioned: 86 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 13658 Post(s)
Liked 4,532 Times
in
3,158 Posts
Originally Posted by ryanparrish
#23
Life is short Ride hard
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: In the middle of nowhere
Posts: 1,114
Bikes: not enough
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I thought we were always told that a intersection with traffic was more deadly then flowing with cars on the tarmac. I wish this drilled down into the causes of the accidents on the road
#24
Been Around Awhile
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Burlington Iowa
Posts: 29,974
Bikes: Vaterland and Ragazzi
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 12 Post(s)
Liked 1,536 Times
in
1,045 Posts
Originally Posted by ryanparrish
I thought we were always told that a intersection with traffic was more deadly then flowing with cars on the tarmac. I wish this drilled down into the causes of the accidents on the road
Also your previously quoted stats in post #21 on risk were based on accidents that only involved an ER visit, a loose definition that covers a very wide range of injury severities. People with minor and slight injuries are often treated at ER's due to unavailabilty of a private physician at the time or place of the accident. In fact there may be no injury as some uninjured accident "victims" are taken to ER's as a matter of routine to be checked out "just in case," or to prove no injuries occured. A far more useful stat from the study was that only 3% of the accident victims were admitted to the hospital; a far more significant metric if looking for an indicator of accident severity.
#25
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Bootiful Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 2,023
Bikes: GT Edge for the road/Specialized Hopper (well the frame and the bb, everything else is new) for the dirt
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Ryan, when is your presentation?