Re: City Cracks Down on Bike Couriers--pedestrian killed in Manhattan

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From: Jeff DelPapa
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 00:00

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In article <65f455$saj@panix2.panix.com>,
Steven M. O'Neill <steveo@panix.com> wrote:
>Michael Polymenakos <mpoly@panix.com> wrote:
>>fishman@panix.com (Harvey Fishman) writes:
>>>  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. 
>
>hit != killed
>-- 
>steveo@panix.com

Those numbers _ARE_ for killed.  Reported hit on sidewalk is >400/yr.
(more than one a day).  Total killed (not just sidewalk) is >200.
Total hit (not just sidewalks) >13,000.

<dp>

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From: dp@world.std.com (Jeff DelPapa)
Subject: Re: City Cracks Down on Bike Couriers--pedestrian killed in Manhattan
Date: 1997/11/25
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