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-> "There’s no such thing as absolute safety. Risk is a relative thing. In 1993, Exponent Corp. (then Failure Analysis Associates, Inc.) published fatality rates for various activities. Here is how some of the activities scored, in Fatalities per Million Hours of Activity:"

"-Motorcycling 8.80 -Life Overall 1.53
-Automobile travel 0.47
-Bicycling 0.26
-School bus travel 0.22
-Airline travel 0.15..."
-- Mighk Wilson, Florida Bicycle Assn.

Source: http://tinyurl.com/24yqq7x