On Saturday, September 16, 2017 at 2:53:08 PM UTC-4, AMuzi wrote:
On 9/16/2017 1:28 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 2017-09-16 09:16, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 9/16/2017 10:34 AM, Joerg wrote:

No, cyclists get run over. Doesn't matter whether hill or
not. A
vehicle that travels at 1/4 the speed of motorized
traffic or less is
always at higher risk in the lane than traffic going at
same speed.
The risk goes up as the speed goes down.

More bull****, Joerg, or at least, more ignorance of data.

Motorcyclists have a fatality per hour rate roughly 30
times higher than
bicyclists. You can't say that risk goes up as speed goes
down.


As an engineer you should at least try to find the real
reasons. They can be summed up in videos like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjtjexSg0SM


meh.
If that guy grows a pair he could working delivery on a
fixie in NYC.

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Note that in the video from 3:10 on they're riding AT NIGHT without any lights (never mind mega-lumens lights, or reflectors and they're doing that in heavy traffic and whilst breaking many traffic laws yet they didn't get run over. LOL

Oh, where I ride at night on trails or off road I can ONLY see my way until the next bend or steep section = no extra amount of light is going to increase the distance Icansee. Onthe open road it's a different story and somtimes I'd like a light with more range so that I could see critters like skunks on or near the road earlier. In the meantime I just slow down a bit so that my light shows me what I need to see when I need to see it.

Joerg's riding is different from most everyone elses.

Cheers

Cheers