View Poll Results: How much control do you believe a cyclist has in determining his safety in traffic?
This poll will close on 09-04-05 at 11:07 PM
0% - The cyclist is a sitting duck, subject to being wiped out by 4,000 lbs. of steel at any time, and there is nothing he can do about it.
1
0.69%
10% - Cyclist has very little control, basically a sitting duck whose fate is mostly determined by the competence of drivers around him.
5
3.45%
25% - Cyclist has some significant influence, but not as much as drivers around him have.
13
8.97%
50% - It's 50/50. Even the perfect cyclist who makes no mistakes reduces his chances of crashing by only half over a careless cyclist.
17
11.72%
75% - The cyclist has a lot of control, but drivers around him still make it all too likely that he will get hit when there is nothing he can do about it.
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, As You Like It, cc_rider, cheg, chephy, Corey B, Crank It Up, ctyler, duane041, duckonin, geeklpc1985, globie, gqsmoothie, Hasselhof, heckflosse, InfamousG, lelak, Lion Steve, Metieval, Mike_Like_Bike, MisterJ, MTB_SRH, nick burns, Noif666, oldillini, Portis, Raiyn, Santaria, Sawtooth, seeker333, Slow Train, steveknight, Totoro, Trevor98, twahl, va_cyclist, wsexson
38
26.21%
90% - A cyclist's safety is mostly in his control, but there is still a decent chance that a crash he cannot avoid might happen.
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54
37.24%
95-99% - Almost all crashes are the cyclist's fault, or could have been avoided by the cyclist.
9
6.21%
99.00001-99.9999% - Except for the most blatant of errors, like a drunk driver careening across the road, a cyclist is in complete control of his fate.
6
4.14%
100% - If a cyclist is hit, he didn't do something he should have in order to have avoided it, period.
0
0%
Voters: 145.