[Yak] Bicycle/auto collision studies

[John S. Allen]

At 09:10 PM 12/8/2008, charles voigtsberger wrote:
>While I am the first to admit that studies done in Denmark and the 
>U.K. or Germany are very interesting and MAY have some applicability 
>to the U.S., I posit that the applicability of such studies done in 
>countries other than the U.S. may have only limited applicability to 
>conditions as they exist in the U.S. I must confess that I am not 
>familiar with requirements to obtain a driver's license in Europe or 
>the U.K., but I am some what familiar with the requirements to 
>obtain a driver's license in Japan and they are far more stringent 
>than in the U.S. I suspect the same applies in Europe.

Correct. Germans used to come to the USA to get licensed, when US 
licenses were valid for Germans in their own country. Then that 
loophole was closed. Renate Franz of the International Bicycle 
History Conference reports also that people hold parties to celebrate 
getting a license, it's regarded as an achievement like graduating 
from high school or college..

John S. Allen

Regional Director for New York and New England, League of American Bicyclists
League Cycling Instructor #77-C and Member of the League's Education Committee

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