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fed Oct Bike are booming Fun but dangerous The bike business is booming again In the last decade Canadians have re discovered the bicycle as means of at fitness and bike sales tnpled Canadians arc enjoying the renaissance of cycling not only a sport but also a a means or transportation the recent in Toronto when thousands o rideless workers went twowheeling to work on shiny new Biking is a pollution free way to travel It can also be tun healthy and best of all cheap But our autoaddicted society has built few so far and cyclists have lo contend with car traffic to get where re going The Canadian Automobile Association estimates there are over million bikes in use on Canadian highways today The figure includes about 2 adult bikes and children bikes Sales in 1973 reached and were expected to reach in Prior to he bike boom that reall started in 1971 average earlyblkesalesinCanidawereWO00O so you can see how their popularity has in Officials say exercise I the only factor leading people to twowheelcrs The energy crisis rising fuel prices and a Although the bicycle boom has many benefits there has been one alarming adverse side effect The highway death and Injury rate has risen dramatically In 1970 10 died and were injured in hike By 1972 the figure had risen to deaths and injuries Last year a record was set at deaths injuries and it appears the 1974 statistics will again break the record Bike riders are supposed to observe most of the regulations and signals meant t The most common violation is failure to obey stop signs Most accidents happened because bikers dldn yield the right of way used the wrong arm signals or none at all when they turned rode on the wrong side Ignored stoplights or rode at night without proper lights A study or 600 accidents Involving bikes Indicated that a largo number of the cidents resulted from riding double on bikes designed for one performing stunts losing control of braking or hitting bumps and Big boom in biking Harold Gaddyo of r del hit farthing do named from the of the in Steam Era In Tracy Smith and Jennifer Copper try out a couple of at Halt on Museum We como a long way baby Built for two end complete water bottle here Young iwingar It Scon Jeffrey Ewins of tat to go on a bake