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Originally Posted by cfg83
I remember a friend that went on a cross-country bicycle trip. I don't know how many were in the group, but 3 were killed during the trip, all by semis. Two were killed within 100 miles of their final destination.
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Wow. So, apparently there were at least two separate fatal accidents on that same trip? Very sorry to hear that
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I can`t imagine a way of determining what percentage of being safe boils down to operator`s actions either for MVs or for bicycles, or whatever, but I`m sure it`s a lot. Being as a lot more engineered features help prevent accidents and help to keep bodily damage to a minimum on autos, which aren`t available for bicycles, I have to think that staying on the ball plays a bigger role there. Then again, a lot of that stuff that keeps autos safe is also working to keep them from plowing over pedestrians and cyclists, so I supose we do get some indirect help from ABS, tire inflation watchers, backup sensors, etc.