[hdhuegau6hfhd]

Statistically unlikely given that SUV carries more people, which translates into higher moron encounter chance since more morons are now forced onto other mode of transport. You just increased your odds.

As for seriously, have you ever seen a bike accident?

[vel0city]

I'd take even quintupling my odds of getting hit by a bike if it meant I eliminated the chance of getting hit by an SUV. I'd take getting hit by several people on bicycles in my life than getting hit by an SUV going 50mph once.

And yes, I've seen accidents with bikes hitting pedestrians. Most of the time the people ended up fine with minor bruises and sometimes small cuts.

I've seen pedestrians hit by SUVs. Its been rare to see people walk away from that.

[hdhuegau6hfhd]

what about the bike owner? does their safety matter? it is really not all about you.

[vel0city]

I've had many friends and I get into some pretty gnarly bicycle accidents as single bike accident, a bicycle to bicycle accident, or a bicycle to pedestrian accident. Normally just bruised, scraped, and maybe minor cuts. One or two broke bones. The only people I know that have died while riding a bicycle died because they were struck by a car.

I've lost several friends and family members to car accidents.

Once again, if I'm going to be in an accident I'd probably take an accident between two bicycles at 12mph than two SUVs at 40mph.

[autokad]

> 12mph than two SUVs at 40mph. 12 mph is the speed of a beginner bicycler. most bikers go faster then that. most pedestrians are hit by cars going under 40mph and SUV's only make up about 8% of the total market.

These facts don't disprove the idea that one would 'rather' get hit by a bike vs a vehicle, but the fact that you keep saying that nonsense doesn't help your argument.

> I've lost several friends and family members to car accidents.

I'm not surprised, 76% of Americans require a car to get to work. that's a lot of car trips.

If you don't like cars, don't drive one. I don't. But stop pushing your views onto others.

[vel0city]

I didn't realize stating that I'd rather be hit by a bicyclist over a car is pushing my views on people. I guess there must be people here who disagree and would prefer being hit by a car.

I drive cars a lot. The way things are around me, I pretty much need to. I don't personally really dislike cars, I actually really like cars and enjoy driving them and riding my motorcycles. I just can't understand people arguing like bicycle accidents are practically as bad as car accidents or that having people trade their cars for bikes will make people overall less safe.

Your number of SUVs only being 8% of the market is way wrong. Try 80% in the US. It's been around 50% or so for years. The vast majority of cars around me are trucks and SUVs. The one that killed a cyclist near my kid's daycare recently was going over 50mph on a 40mph road. I'd like to see some actual statistics about "most pedestrians are hit by cars going under 40mph" statistic. It would surprise me either way.

EDIT: Some data about speeds here, and yeah under 40mph to pedestrians is definitely the majority.

https://one.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/research/pub/hs809012.ht...

https://jalopnik.com/trucks-and-suvs-are-now-over-80-percent...

If fewer people drove cars, our roads will be safer and we would have less traffic fatalities. Do you disagree?

[TheCoelacanth]

I'm not going to get hit a car that I'm driving. I'm going to get by a car someone else is driving. I don't only breathe the air that is polluted by cars I drive. I don't only get flooded with the sound produced by cars that I drive. You are imposing your views on me by driving a car.

[TheCoelacanth]

Average occupancy for an SUV[1] in the past few decades peaked at 1.9. I would much rather be hit by 1.9 bicycles than by an SUV.

[1] https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/articles/fotw-1040-july...

[hdhuegau6hfhd]

why do they insist on using average where median would be much more useful way to measure this ( lower extremes impact )?

[SketchySeaBeast]

> Statistically unlikely given that SUV carries more people,

And yet I'll bet the average number of morning commuters in each vehicle is ~1.

[hdhuegau6hfhd]

is it suvs commuting to work or all types, because you mught be cherry picking your stats if you present avg occupancy for all cars in us as an argument here

[SketchySeaBeast]

Assuming we exclude mass transport, what do you think the values would be or do you have any contrary data? I know that most people I'm aware of all drive their car by themselves to their work, there was very little carpooling.

[hdhuegau6hfhd]

The issue is no reliable data can easily be found ( closest for me was this -https://www.statista.com/statistics/183505/number-of-vehicle... ) suggesting that neither of us actually knows. Sounds to me like a bad reason to base an argument( or policy on ).

- I know that most people I'm aware of all drive their car by themselves to their work, there was very little carpooling.

how many of those are suvs? and then we go bk to use case. there is a reason soccer moms exist. u focus on work commute and likely on metro areas only but fail to account for other activity types

[SketchySeaBeast]

Here some data - it's 1.5 people per vehicle in one study[1], 1.45 in another[2], department of energy says 1.67[3]. So a little higher than my assertion, but not much at all.

[1] https://css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/mobility/perso... [2] https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/occupancy... [3] https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/articles/fotw-1040-july...

[nikanj]

I don’t know lots about physics, but I’d much rather be hit by a 40lbs bike going 12mph than a 5000lbs truck going 45mph

[autokad]

it depends on what you mean. I seen the hospital data (can't share it) and per capita bikes send more pedestrians to the hospital with series injury than cars - however cars have a higher kill rate.

One such woman walking down Locust Walk (University of PA) suffered severe brain damage and no longer can move all of her limbs. I can't tell you how many times I was nearly clipped by bikes speeding past me (at car speeds) and missed me by a few inches. Luckily the campus police started to prevent bicyclists from using Locust Walk.

but its a stupid argument anyways. we aren't comparing cars to bikes in this conversation. Many people can't use bikes. I'm sure in your bigoted mind (everyone should do as I see fit) that you didn't consider disabled persons, elderly, or even people with say - broken legs, but needless to say bikes are not for everyone. Thats not even taking into account bikes cant satisfy the vast majority of traveling needs of Americans. We aren't Europe. Our cities are bigger and things are further apart. Nor is bikes the one size fits all solution in the EU.

[nikanj]

I’d rather be seriously injured than killed, yes. I think most people would pick the same.

If you observe the rush hour traffic for an hour, how many of those people have broken legs, severe disabilities or a debilitating case of elderly? The majority of people are not disabled, and the fact some people might need cars is no excuse for everyone driving a massive SUV

[TheCoelacanth]

Many people can't drive cars either. Making cities less car-centric generally increases accessibility, not reduces it.