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Drivers are at-fault in 90% of cyclist and pedestrian fatalities. (report, p. 25)  •  In 40% of fatal car/bike crashes the driver was drunk. (source)

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#1 2013-05-08 22:05:52

bizikletari
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Registered: 2009-03-18
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Some stats on the idiocy of driving

I have thought for a long time that driving a car, for an able-bodied person, was an idiotic expenditure of resources; here the aptly named INRIX give us some numbers on where  the drivers are more concentrated.
We rank highly on the list.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/05/22/goi … r-traffic/

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#2 2013-05-09 12:57:20

AusTexMurf
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Registered: 2008-11-21
Posts: 439

Re: Some stats on the idiocy of driving

Glad that I am not included in those numbers.........

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