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In <65evis$r70@panix3.panix.com> fishman@panix.com (Harvey Fishman) writes:
>situations than bike-riding.  When walking on the sidewalk, I am fairly
>sure that I am unlikely to be hit by a car; would that it were the same
>with bicycles.

 You should not be. You are >20 times more likely to be killed by an
automobile *on the sidewalk* than by a vehicle. The DOT's figures for
NYC "off-road" car fatalities (sidewalks, parks, parking lots) are:

  1989 15
  1990 19
  1991 15
  1992 15
  1993 8
  1994 16

 Bicycle-caused sidewalk fatalities are extremely rare, probably less than
once a year (I have seen no statistics). The only time I've been hit by a
moving vehicle (not seriously, tg) was on a sidewalk (woman exiting an NYC
garage as if though she was on the highway).

Cheers, 
Michael

PS. I am not defending sidewalk biking, which is illegal, dangerous and
stupid. 




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