Bicyclists Are 291 Percent More Likely To Die If Hit By A Truck Compared To A Sedan: Traffic Engineer
You don’t need a PhD in physics to understand that it’s worse for a driver to hit you with a truck than a sedan. They’re just heavier, meaning they hit you with more force. Still, while reading the Conversation’s recent article on how our current approach to road safety is outdated, one of the statistics in the post…