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[vel0city]

Sure, the contact patch is a good bit smaller on a bike than a car, but people don't usually weigh 5,000lbs.

I'd much rather get run over by average person on a bicycle than get run over by a car.

[robertlagrant → vel0city]

That's because you aren't a smooth surface :) Because of your shape (and I admit I'm making an assumption here) you will experience pressure spikes due to the fact that different bits of you stick out. E.g. knees due to their shape will experience much higher pressure. A road won't do that.