Hybrids are heavy, safer for occupants
Hybrids are heavy, so they’re safer for those inside of them. The people in the other car, or on the bike, or sidewalk, on the other hand, get bludgeoned harder. It’s a zero sum game. click for pdf —...
View ArticleLitigation is a lousy substitute for looking both ways
Excerpt from NY Post, Nov. 18, 2011. Yet another pedestrian wakes up from a coma and sues everybody. Litigation is a necessary tool, and it is sabotaged a little bit for everybody who might really...
View ArticleBike-ped crashes in perspective
Putting cyclist-ped crashes in context: # of people killed by cars in home driveways each year > total # of peds killed by cyclists in 10 yr — Tom Vanderbilt (@tomvanderbilt) November 27, 2011 Tom...
View ArticleBike-ped crashes in perspective
Putting cyclist-ped crashes in context: # of people killed by cars in home driveways each year > total # of peds killed by cyclists in 10 yr — Tom Vanderbilt (@tomvanderbilt) November 27, 2011 Tom...
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