tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810099708146569685.post2690862360923846080..comments2024-02-20T00:55:18.782-08:00Comments on Change Your Life. Ride A Bike!: bicycle safety in sfAdrienne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658593098911314756noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810099708146569685.post-10315487625335113422012-04-11T12:23:28.063-07:002012-04-11T12:23:28.063-07:00i do wish that. as a friend put it, in the past 10...i do wish that. as a friend put it, in the past 10 years, the number of pedestrians who have been hit and killed by a bicycle is statistical "0" which indicates how infrequently it happens.<br /><br />and yah, i wonder how we can change public perception in that your last sentence isn't the first thing to go through people's minds. my mom tells me to be careful when i'm riding, but i have to think that way more people are killed while driving by other cars than bicyclists hit by cars. i should be telling her every day to "be careful."<br /><br />sigh.calitexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16257014894653568163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810099708146569685.post-56614659450293381012012-04-11T09:35:35.357-07:002012-04-11T09:35:35.357-07:00I agree that it's horrible that this poor pers...I agree that it's horrible that this poor person was killed. <br /><br />Don't you wish the odds for a bicyclist being hit and killed by a car were anywhere near as low as for a pedestrian to be hit and killed by a *bicycle*? <br /><br />At the least, I wish that when a bicyclist got killed it made anywhere near the kind of national headlines as it does when a ped gets hurt. Too often in a bicyclist's death I see comments to the effect of "well, a bicyclist takes their chances riding with those big heavy cars...too bad..."Chafedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600452318978949340noreply@blogger.com