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 From: liberty@once.net 
  
 "Steven M. O'Neill"  wrote in message 
 news:ed82md$pm7$1@reader2.panix.com... 
 > Freedom Fighter  wrote: 
 >>Bicyclists get injured and sometimes killed by motor vehicles every day, 
 >>primarily due to their own violations of traffic rules, carelessness, and 
 >>disrespect of motorists. 
 > 
 > False. 
 > 
 >    Traffic-law violations by motorists are the main 
 >    cause of fatal bicyclist accidents in New York City. 
 > 
 >    Through careful reconstruction of crash circum- 
 >    stances, we were able to assign responsibility in 53 of 
 >    the 71 fatal bicycle crashes during 1995-1998 for 
 >    which we obtained police crash reports. We deter- 
 >    mined that drivers were highly culpable in 30 cases, 
 >    partly culpable in 11 cases, and not culpable in 12 
 >    cases. Driver misconduct was thus the principal cause 
 >    in 57% (30 out of 53) of the cases and a contributory 
 >    factor in 78% (30 plus 11, or 41, out of 53) 
 > 
 > from http://rightofway.org/research/cyclists.pdf 
 > 
 > -- 
 > Steven O'Neill                                  steveo@panix.com 
 > Brooklyn, NY 
  
 You may well be correct, but all the more reason for bicyclists to use 
 greater caution. Realize that you are not nearly as visible to a driver or 
 pedestrian as a motor vehicle is, and act accordingly. 
  
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