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It's official! Motorcycling is safer than walking!!

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Pedestrians
The following represents pedestrian accident statistics for the United States according to the National Highway Traffic Association and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
- Pedestrian fatalities account for 11 percent of motor vehicle fatalities.
- Over 180,000 pedestrians have been killed in motor vehicle accidents between 1975 and 2005.
- Pedestrians comprise the second largest category of motor vehicle accident deaths following occupant deaths.
- On average, a pedestrian is injured in a traffic accident every 8 minutes.
- On average, a pedestrian is killed in a traffic accident every 111 minutes.
- In 2005 a total of 4,881 pedestrian were killed in motor vehicle accidents.
- In 2005, the per capita pedestrian death rate was 1.6 per 100,000 people.

source: http://legalcatch.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/pedestrian-accident-statistics/




Motorcycling
According to 2005 data from the NHTSA, 4,008 motorcycle occupants were killed on United States roads in 2004, an 8% increase from 2003.[SUP][4][/SUP]

During that same period, drivers of automobiles showed a 10% increase in fatalities, and cyclists showed an 8% increase in fatalities. Pedestrians also showed a 10% increase in fatalities. A total of 37,304 automobile occupants were killed on U.S. roads in 2004.[SUP][5][/SUP]

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_safety
 
Ban walking!
 
Great, now we're gonna see pedestrians becoming ATGATT Warriors. Should be hilarious:D
 
Your logic did not include the number of pedestrians and number of motorcycles on the road per year... :sad8:
 
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slogan said:
Your logic did not include the number of pedestrians and number of motorcycles on the road per year... :sad8:
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USA in 2005: 4,881 pedestrians left this earth vs. 4008 motorcyclists, this despite pedestrians performing an activity with which they are intimately familiar and skilled, and within an infrastructure catering to their safety, whereas motorcycles are not allowed on the sidewalk.
 
Tango5 said:
USA in 2005: 4,881 pedestrians left this earth vs. 4008 motorcyclists, this despite pedestrians performing an activity with which they are intimately familiar and skilled, and within an infrastructure catering to their safety, whereas motorcycles are not allowed on the sidewalk.
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I'm stealing this quote from someone either from this site or elsewhere online. All it takes to commit mass murder is to step out into traffic at Yonge and Dundas and then quickly step back.

Have you seen pedestrians walk? I swear, sometimes they have a death wish. Starting to cross on red, with cars turning on their advance left turn signal right into their path. But do they stop or pull back? Nope. Or how about pushing the crosswalk button and jumping on the road as soon as the lights start flashing. Nevermind the car that is barreling towards them at 60-70km/h with no chance of stopping in time.
 
Interesting but definitely not conclusive evidence. You should take a stats or methods course.
 
EngineerJoe said:
Walking is fine, people just have to make sure they're ATGATT when on a sidewalk.
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Why only restrict it to sidewalks? I think ATGATT should be extended to all aspects of life, work, home, in bed, after all its a dangerous world we live it, and its better to sweat than bleed......
 
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