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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No cyclists have died in the DC metro area since last June.  http://www.thewashcycle.com/2014/05/the-dc-area-has-set-a-record-for-safety.html

I couldn't find more recent stats, but in 2012 8 drivers, 6 pedestrians, and no cyclists were killed in DC 
http://washingtonexaminer.com/d.c-traffic-fatalities-fall-to-record-low-in-2012/article/2518072

Anyone with a "death wish" would be better off driving than biking.[/quote]

I canT trust this report. There was a long post just last year about the cyclist killed near or in  rock creek park. DCUM posters were pointing out that they would see the woman and her husband riding every morning. As for the DC metro area, do you consider Largo, Davidson, and Annapolis MD the DC area. The female cyclist  killed on RT 202 in Largo/Mitchellville MD  last year, maybe it was 2012. Her body was left in the road as the driver kept going. How about the female cyclist killed outside Annapolis in 2013 where the grand jury refused to indict for manslaughter. These are just four cyclist deaths that I recall off the top off my head that have occurred within the last couple of years. I am sure there are others.  And forget about deaths, what about the collisions that dont make the news because the cyclists survived only to live with serious bodily injuries or maiming.  That article you posted is faulty/shoddy as heck, or the writer is just lying to foster an agenda.

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