what's safer? bike or car?

[zzr_peak]

i know most would say i car, but i have driven cars and to me it is a lot essayer to crash something so big! whats your view?

[Slavo]

It's not so much about crashing. More to do with being crashed into.

Car's not seeing you / not looking.

You also don't have the acceleration in a car as you do on a bike.

[Claud 14.7 to 1]

cars are safer, obviously.

[iCraig]

I personally think car's are more dangerous, cars kill and injure far more pedestrians than bikes.

Plus I don't like the idea of getting trapped in a car if you crash it.

Atleast on a bike you'll get thrown off not get trapped in it!

[zzr_peak]

agreed!!

[Flip]

[ProXimaCore]

I feel safer riding the bike from the perspective of controlling the thing and having good visibility. Being smaller generally makes it easier to get around. Then obviously there's the unsafe side as to being hard to see which obviously leads to falling off and either hitting something solid or crossing the path of oncoming traffic.

If I was the only road user I'd feel safer on the bike. But in reality I feel safer in a car. I have access to both car and bike but I always take the bike every time.
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[mr jamez]

Cars are safer, with bikes it seems to be pot luck in an accident, all depending on speed and what you hit and what protection you have. Mind you I wouldn't fancy my chances in my car.

[bikedudextrm]

I think bike riders are just generally better and more alert than other road users. On a bike you realise how vulnerable you are on the road but some people in cars think they are 100% safe and it gives them a kind of immortal attitude and take more risks.
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[Claud 14.7 to 1]

[mr jamez]

[iCraig]

Well I feel safer on a bike.
Just my opinion, its not that I don't feel safe in a car, its just I always feel really ill when I get in car and end up nearly falling asleep, its a good job I don't drive that often isn't it.

[mr jamez]

Yes but this is about which is safer, car or bike. Not which you feel safer on.

[Bendy]

You can't generalise IMO - it all depends on the accident.

There are going to be scenarios when one is better than the other. In general, it's going to be car = safer, but not always.

[mr jamez]

[iCraig]

If your stupid enough to ride your bike into a lake atleast you'll float and survive, I do it in a car your trapped and you will drown!

/me is clostrophobic

[mr jamez]

Yeah you have to wait till the car hits the bottom, then you can open the doors

Hoewever my mini leaks when it rains so that rule doesn't apply for me

[Bendy]

There are also accidents which simply wouldn't happen if you were using the other vehicle.

You can't highside a car, nor can you spin a bike.

With a car (provided you've got your belt on) you're staying with that thing until it stops moving. With a bike, it's the exact opposite. Sometimes staying is the way to go, other times you'd be better off outta there.

[mr jamez]

[Bendy]

[Bendy]

[mr jamez]

Really? oh damn I hate it when these scare stories are disproven

The mini has a special feature of disintegrating into small pieces of rust on contact with water, it's in the owners manual

[mr jamez]

[carvell]

[Bendy]

It seems that the lovely pressure equalisation thing is in fact pants and you'd have run out of oxygen long before you'd have a chance to get the door open - as it has to both fill and actually hit the bottom of whatever you've fallen into.

So now the concensus is to get the door or window open as soon as you can and just get out before it sinks too far or the pressure becomes too great to open the door.

Twas on Top Gear, they chucked the little one in a tank and tried to drown him.