FYI--Interesting short op-ed article in this morning's Asahi Shinbun.
http://www.asahi.com/special/09016/TKY200908170213.html
Article quotes an unnamed statistical source to say that, at 14%, Japan has the highest number of cycling-related accidents (as a percentage of all domestic traffic accidents) in the developed world. If true, I wonder where these stats come from.
The author, a self-proclaimed "自転車ツーキ二スト," briefly discusses the dangerous state of cycling in Japan and the difficulty in changing the public perception that bicycles belong on the sidewalk. From what I've seen I can't say I disagree.
http://www.asahi.com/special/09016/TKY200908170213.html
Article quotes an unnamed statistical source to say that, at 14%, Japan has the highest number of cycling-related accidents (as a percentage of all domestic traffic accidents) in the developed world. If true, I wonder where these stats come from.
The author, a self-proclaimed "自転車ツーキ二スト," briefly discusses the dangerous state of cycling in Japan and the difficulty in changing the public perception that bicycles belong on the sidewalk. From what I've seen I can't say I disagree.