JT> The problem with this is that accidents are, by definition,
 JT> unpredictable.  You may have a lower probability of being hit by
 JT> a car on that bucolic country road but you may also be more prone
 JT> to daydreaming, thinking you are safe.  That long downhill curve
 JT> now has pea-gravel that wasn't there last time you rode here and
 JT> the next thing you know you're committed to a serious face-plant.
 
Those are rider awareness issues.  The rider should not be speeding down the 
hill, and should actively examine the road surface as I do.
 
Part of my ability to enjoy life means feeling the wind through my hair on a 
warm summer day as I bicycle.
--- Maximus 2.02
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