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		ejs on July 9, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run ... http://www.enhancements.org/download/trb/1636-011.PDF "The most interesting result of the analysis was the ﬁnding that sidewalk cyclists have higher event rates on roads than nonsidewalk cyclists."

clarky07 on July 9, 2013 | [–]

Nothing in that paper talks about people being killed as far as I could see. Higher event rates != higher deaths. Running into another bike was considered an event, but that's not generally deadly.

malandrew on July 9, 2013 | [–]

Nothing in that paper supports this statement: "People are often killed riding on sidewalks..."

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