edafe.org » crash http://edafe.org edafe.org is the personal site of Edafe Knabe. Sat, 12 May 2012 12:19:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Testosterone and high finance do not mix: so bring on the women http://edafe.org/2011/06/testosterone-and-high-finance-do-not-mix-so-bring-on-the-women/ http://edafe.org/2011/06/testosterone-and-high-finance-do-not-mix-so-bring-on-the-women/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:20:27 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=6011 Continue reading →]]> “There’s been a lot of academic research suggesting that men think they know what they’re doing, even when they really don’t know what they’re doing.” Tim Adams reports on why a sufficiently high percentage of women in decision-making positions might have prevented the 2008 financial crash.
www.guardian.co.uk

]]> http://edafe.org/2011/06/testosterone-and-high-finance-do-not-mix-so-bring-on-the-women/feed/ 0 About that helmet http://edafe.org/2009/01/about-that-helmet/ http://edafe.org/2009/01/about-that-helmet/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:26:50 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=4179 Continue reading →]]>

This is a picture I took of today’s newspaper. You can usually pick me out from a group of cyclists because I am the one wearing the full-face helmet. Comments I get from other cyclists are mostly positive. But somebody, somewhere is always telling me that I must be really scared to be wearing that helmet—before proceeding to tell me everything about injuries and treatments that they had to endure as a consequence of having had a serious crash.
royalgazette.com

In other news this week, current World Downhill Champion Rachel Atherton was involved in a head-on collision with a car.

]]> http://edafe.org/2009/01/about-that-helmet/feed/ 0 The spectral memorials that haunt our roads http://edafe.org/2008/10/the-spectral-memorials-that-haunt-our-roads/ http://edafe.org/2008/10/the-spectral-memorials-that-haunt-our-roads/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:21:08 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=2879 Continue reading →]]> “It would be unfortunate if the proliferation of ghost bikes frightened off nervous waverers, because there is quite a lot of evidence that the more cyclists there are, the safer cycling becomes. But if white bikes grab the attention of motorists, give them pause and remind them to take care, they will mark the past and help safeguard the future.” Geraldine Bedell reports on the phenomenon of the white bike reaching the UK.
www.guardian.co.uk

]]> http://edafe.org/2008/10/the-spectral-memorials-that-haunt-our-roads/feed/ 0 The roots of the crisis http://edafe.org/2008/10/the-roots-of-the-crisis/ http://edafe.org/2008/10/the-roots-of-the-crisis/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:06:15 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=2873 “It is the intersection of several underlying trends that have brought us to this point, not a breakdown in any specific part of the financial sector.” Michael Flynn looks at the underlying reasons for the current Wall Street crisis.
www.reason.com

]]> http://edafe.org/2008/10/the-roots-of-the-crisis/feed/ 0 Bicycle crash statistics http://edafe.org/2006/12/bicycle-crash-statistics/ http://edafe.org/2006/12/bicycle-crash-statistics/#comments Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:51:24 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=899 Continue reading →]]> “Contrary to intuition, cyclists riding on bicycle paths have a higher crash rate than cyclists riding on roads, although not as high a crash rate as cyclists riding on sidewalks.” The Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition looks at crash data for cyclists and reaches valuable and often surprising conclusions.
www.massbike.org

]]> http://edafe.org/2006/12/bicycle-crash-statistics/feed/ 0 How to not get hit by cars http://edafe.org/2004/11/how-to-not-get-hit-by-cars/ http://edafe.org/2004/11/how-to-not-get-hit-by-cars/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2004 21:02:29 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=897 Continue reading →]]> “Wearing a helmet will do absolutely nothing to prevent you from getting hit by a car.” Only a small proportion of accidents involve the collison with a motor vehicle, yet they account for the vast majority of fatalities among cyclists. Michael Bluejay explains how to avoid getting hit.
www.bicyclesafe.com

]]> http://edafe.org/2004/11/how-to-not-get-hit-by-cars/feed/ 0 Day after the crash http://edafe.org/2004/10/day-after-the-crash/ http://edafe.org/2004/10/day-after-the-crash/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:54:59 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=1309 Continue reading →]]>

Yesterday evening I had a massive accident with my bicycle. A car pulled out in front of me and I crashed into it at about 40 km/h. I went over the car like a torpedo and then hit the ground face first. Any injuries, however, are confined to my right shoulder.

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