Comments on: Mandatory Helmet Laws For Car Drivers And Passengers? http://bikeblogs.org/sf/2008/11/24/mandatory-helmet-laws-for-car-drivers-and-passengers/ Biking in the Bay Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:08:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Peter Smith http://bikeblogs.org/sf/2008/11/24/mandatory-helmet-laws-for-car-drivers-and-passengers/#comment-2227 Peter Smith Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:28:11 +0000 http://bikeblogs.org/sf/?p=487#comment-2227 @Dustin - I just kind of 'knew it' from looking at stats over the past few months, but a quick google turns up lots of links - here's one: http://www.carectomy.com/index.php/Politics/Cars-Conjure-A-Fate-Worse-Than-Death There are tons of research methods, ways to compare death rates (miles traveled vs. time traveled), etc., so I'm not sure if there's any consensus on the question. There are the other important questions that we need to address - maybe someone already has? That is, the risk of future death from getting fat by riding in a car vs. riding one's bike. There's also the 'risk of killing someone' which appears to be stratospheric for the car - next to zero for the bicycle. @Dustin - I just kind of ‘knew it’ from looking at stats over the past few months, but a quick google turns up lots of links - here’s one:

http://www.carectomy.com/index.php/Politics/Cars-Conjure-A-Fate-Worse-Than-Death

There are tons of research methods, ways to compare death rates (miles traveled vs. time traveled), etc., so I’m not sure if there’s any consensus on the question.

There are the other important questions that we need to address - maybe someone already has? That is, the risk of future death from getting fat by riding in a car vs. riding one’s bike.

There’s also the ‘risk of killing someone’ which appears to be stratospheric for the car - next to zero for the bicycle.

]]> By: Dustin http://bikeblogs.org/sf/2008/11/24/mandatory-helmet-laws-for-car-drivers-and-passengers/#comment-2226 Dustin Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:53:10 +0000 http://bikeblogs.org/sf/?p=487#comment-2226 Where did you get the stat that driving is more dangerous than biking? Where did you get the stat that driving is more dangerous than biking?

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