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Originally Posted by xbgs351
Relative risk per participant
Airsports 450
Climbing 137
Motor sports 81
Fishing 41
Horse riding 29
Swimming 7.0
Athletics 5.7
Football 4.9
Tennis 4.2
Cycling 1.0
Safer Golf 0.83
Rambling 0.06
UK Deaths per year
Cycling, road traffic accidents 138
Cycling, other 29
All transport 3,032
At home 3,974
Other accidents 5,026
Obesity (England only) 30,000
Heart disease due to inactivity 58,090
All heart disease 157,000
Risk of death during lifetime
Heart disease 1 in 5
Motor vehicle accident 1 in 84
Pedestrian accident 1 in 626
Motorcycle accident 1 in 1,020
Bicycle accident 1 in 4,919
Risk of injury per million km
Age group Motorists (driver) / Cyclists
12 - 14: - / 16.8
15 - 17: - / 18.2
18 - 24: 33.5 / 7.7
25 - 29: 17.0 / 8.2
30 - 39: 9.7 / 7.0
40 - 49: 9.7 / 9.2
50 - 59: 5.9 / 17.2
60 - 64: 10.4 / 32.1
> 64: 39.9 / 79.1
Total: 20.8 / 21.0
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oops.......
So would a slight increase in pushie deaths be worth a much larger drop in other deaths?
After all, the poll CLEARLY shows that the majority of current pushie riders would continue to wear helmets so changeing the law will have little effect on them and if even just a few people who were not riding suddenly started that must be a good thing.
Hey a few of the new riders might just wear a helmet out of choice, THEIR PERSONAL CHOICE, no one else's.
I am sure someone is going to come out with some hitleresque "ve haff vays oft makink you vere your helmut ven you ride" just to save at least one life.
But we could completely stop cycling deaths altogether by banning pushies outright and that would save a lot of lives......wouldn't it?
P.S. Love the car/bike deaths per million kms which clearly shows gen Y should not be allowed to drive at all
