Till about two years in the past, no one actually cared in regards to the CDC. Now, everybody has an opinion about them, and regardless of the place you occur to face on issues of public well being it’s virtually definitely unfavorable. On this sense, the CDC is the Invoice de Blasio of presidency companies–universally derided by individuals of all stripes.
However what do they are saying about bikes? What info do the individuals tasked with protecting Individuals wholesome have for the safety-minded velocipedist who aspires to not die? Properly, I checked the CDC web site’s bicycle security part, the place I realized you’re extra prone to die on a motorcycle than in a automotive:
That is hardly stunning, since of the remaining 99% of vacationers, many are in automobiles–, the issues which are hurting and killing the cyclists. So, the primary takeaway is easy: for max security, be in a automotive. That manner you’ll save lives and cash!
Sadly, so long as individuals insist on using bikes, the issue will persist:
I are likely to query the accuracy of this knowledge, since as a bicycle owner myself I understand how little we contribute to society, and even if you happen to took the whole thing of us out of fee there’s no manner we’d make a $10 billion dent. Then once more…
Give it some thought: John Kerry is now the Local weather Czar of the US, and if he had been to search out himself incapacitated as soon as once more it might imply not solely an enormous monetary loss however probably the tip of human life on Earth, since he wouldn’t have the ability to fly to the local weather occasions which are the one factor protecting us alive at this level:
I ponder what number of Serottas he had to purchase to offset the flight to Iceland. I’m fairly positive if you happen to take a personal jet to a Gran Fondo the 2 issues cancel one another out.
And sure, clearly the numerous well being advantages of biking must be utilized in opposition to the potential price of biking damage and loss of life to society, and you may ensure the CDC included this as properly:
So far as the cyclists most in danger, as with just about each different exercise, it’s drunk males:
I’m not stunned to learn that males die six instances extra usually than females; I died not less than thrice simply on my fast bike experience to the put up workplace right this moment, however fortuitously I lived to inform about it.
However even if you happen to’re a drunk male like me all will not be misplaced; the CDC has some methods you possibly can cut back that threat, they usually don’t even contain doing inconvenient issues like altering your gender or being sober:
Are you able to guess what they’re?
Simply kidding!
You already knew it was going to be helmets–although additionally they go the additional American Freedom Mile™ by claiming helmet legal guidelines make cyclists safer::
The place can I’m going to report them for well being misinformation?
Not solely that, however helmets and helmet legal guidelines are “Efficient Interventions,” whereas utilizing lights and designing higher roads are merely “Promising:”
That final bit linked to The Pedestrian and Bicycle Info Middle, the place my suspicions that we’re being subtly primed for a whole robotic takeover had been instantly confirmed:
There have been additionally some movies on stop crashes:
Like this one about the precise hook:
I don’t need to be That Man, however shouldn’t a security video make not less than passing point out of the truth that a great way to keep away from collisions is to equip your bike with a brake?
After all he does have the helmet, in order that’s all that counts.
Anyway, other than that I had actual no actual points with the video, which even featured some novice stunt using:
In truth it was fairly clear from the video that the important thing to bicycle security is…motorcar security.
Sadly, I don’t assume our authorities companies are getting the message:
Hey, simply put helmets on the corpses! Drawback solved.
