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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Neither of the bolded statements are statistically true. They're no more risky than cycling, and much less costly than cycling, driving, falling, playing sports, working out, even walking in terms of total burden on our health care system.
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For the benefit of the discussion, perhaps you could provide these statistics?
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140ish visits to the emergency room... sounds really scary! Except... it's not... over 500 people are hospitalized every year from slipping on ice while they're walking. Not just emergency room visits... hospitalized. Think about that.
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On second thought if this is the kind of "statistics" you're going to try to provide, it's probably best if you don't bother. You're attempting to make a direct comparison of only a few weeks data in a largely limited geographical area of the city, in the least dangerous time of year to use a scooter against up to half a year, over the entire city and its entire population, in the most dangerous time of year to walk.