# 87 percent of near-crash events were the fault of motorists

**URL:** https://fixed.org.au/t/87-percent-of-near-crash-events-were-the-fault-of-motorists/53352
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**Created:** [October 7, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/87-percent-of-near-crash-events-were-the-fault-of-motorists/53352 "2011-10-07T02:36:27Z")
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### Author: ![Tally](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/tally/32/61_2.png) [@Tally](https://fixed.org.au/u/Tally)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/87-percent-of-near-crash-events-were-the-fault-of-motorists/53352/1 "2011-10-07T02:36:27Z")

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Not sure if already posted - In the Age  
[Push for peace as rage rises between drivers, cyclists](http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/push-for-peace-as-rage-rises-between-drivers-cyclists-20111007-1lcpo.html)

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### Author: ![scottridesabike](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/scottridesabike/32/470_2.png) [@scottridesabike](https://fixed.org.au/u/scottridesabike)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/87-percent-of-near-crash-events-were-the-fault-of-motorists/53352/2 "2011-10-07T03:58:36Z")

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87% of the time it’s their fault 100% of the time

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### Author: ![brendan](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@brendan](https://fixed.org.au/u/brendan)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/87-percent-of-near-crash-events-were-the-fault-of-motorists/53352/3 "2011-10-07T04:24:44Z")

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and the other 13% were caused by cyclists who weren’t paying attention because they were busy wondering if cycling makes them gay.

apparently.

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### Author: ![rcoh](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/rcoh/32/46_2.png) [@rcoh](https://fixed.org.au/u/rcoh)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/87-percent-of-near-crash-events-were-the-fault-of-motorists/53352/4 "2011-10-07T04:40:48Z")

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Homer: Aw, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent.  
Forfty percent of all people know that.  
Kent: I see. Well, what do you say to the accusation that your group  
has been causing more crimes than it’s been preventing?  
Homer: Oh, Kent, I’d be lying if I said my men weren’t  
committing crimes.  
Kent: [pause] Well, touche’.

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### Author: ![reezy\_2.0](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/reezy_2.0/32/126_2.png) [@reezy\_2.0](https://fixed.org.au/u/reezy_2.0)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/87-percent-of-near-crash-events-were-the-fault-of-motorists/53352/5 "2011-10-07T04:46:21Z")

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The other 13% are jaywalkers.

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### Author: ![JLN\_not\_ZLTN](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/jln_not_zltn/32/74_2.png) [@JLN\_not\_ZLTN](https://fixed.org.au/u/JLN_not_ZLTN)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/87-percent-of-near-crash-events-were-the-fault-of-motorists/53352/6 "2011-10-07T17:59:55Z")

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Wasn’t someone here wearing one of those helmet-mounted cameras?

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### Author: ![HeavyMetalCyclist](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/heavymetalcyclist/32/209_2.png) [@HeavyMetalCyclist](https://fixed.org.au/u/HeavyMetalCyclist)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/87-percent-of-near-crash-events-were-the-fault-of-motorists/53352/7 "2011-10-07T19:36:53Z")

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I took part in the study that got that stat. I like to think that I prevented it from being 90%.