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You don't have to convince me, I am totally on your side.As counter-intuitive it may sound, the couch is more likely to kill you than being on a bicycle. Cardiovascular diseases and cancer kill more people in developed countries than anything else. Cycling considerably lowers those risks. That more than compensates for the accident risks.
If you think that's a safe pursuit, check out the story of Jean-Baptiste Lully.Sometimes I think I should have been an orchestra conductor. (who also likes riding)
The three days of trauma center and ICU care to keep me alive after my last collision was $140k+ USD. That's after my insurance company negotiated the cost down, and before any of the multiple neck and nerve transfer surgeries or post accident care...
Granted, living where I do (Aomori City, Aomori Pref.) the traffic situation is quite different than in or around Tokyo, but, in my twenty years cycling here I think I can count on one hand the number of close passes I've had.
Granted, living where I do (Aomori City, Aomori Pref.) the traffic situation is quite different than in or around Tokyo, but, in my twenty years cycling here I think I can count on one hand the number of close passes I've had. By comparison, I go home to the States (Oregon) for a couple of weeks every couple of years. And in my home town there, or either of my brothers' places out of Seattle, WA, or Sisters, OR, just in those occasional two week trips I've had way more in Japan. Not to mention the idiot that pulled over and started "rolling coal" on us one time.