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- Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.misc
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- From: "Michael Smith" <p00004@psilink.com>
- Subject: Re: A friend went down
- In-Reply-To: <22910@drutx.ATT.COM>
- Message-ID: <2934045989.2.p00004@psilink.com>
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- Organization: Performance Systems Int'l
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:49:34 GMT
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- >DATE: 17 Dec 92 18:44:49 GMT
- >FROM: r.g.olsenatt.com <r.g.olsen@att.com>
- >
- >Shari Bernhard writes:
- >
- >> I found out last night that a friend of mine was in a serious accident
- >> involving a car on his way cycling to work yesterday morning.
- >> The driver (not the car) ran into the back of him with such a force
- >> that he slammed into the windshield.
- >
- >Sorry to hear this. Hope your friend recovers!
- >
- >John Forester wonders why many cyclists (like myself)
- >are concerned about this type of collision, which is
- >responsible for only a small fraction of car-bike accidents.
-
- I've seen this asserion made several times in this newsgroup (that cars
- rear-ending cyclists is rare), but it seems that every week somebody
- posts a note describing just such an incident. What exactly is the
- source for the statistic that these incidents are rare? Does anybody know?
-
- --Michael Smith
-
-