Evaluation

Today, I have completed my final presentation, which is in the form of a comic strip. However, this comic strip is not very informative, so it is a good thing that I will be able to present it, talking about what I did up to this point.

This project didn't seem very interesting at the start, as all we did was research, research, research. I wouldn't have minded that so much, but we also had to do these thinking processes which limited our freedom. Instead of: think - research - record, it was: think - check thinking process - change thinking process - research - record. This was not very convenient.

End of the morning

It is the end of the second period, and I have pretty much finished my comic strip. At the start of period three, I will be preparing my presentation.

Change of Final presentation

My first idea was to make a commercial, but the videos taken were not compatible with movie maker, so instead I am making a comic strip.

Poll Results

I made two polls, asking people why they thought a bicycle was good, and what a bicycle beats a car in. Overall, the bicycle was best in environmentally friendly factors, and for saving money. These are practical factors, but don't directly relate to transportation. The car, however, easily won speed, which is very relevant to transportation.

More statistics, and clearing things up

You may think that comparing the bicycle with other vehicles is totally irrelevant, but many of our judgments that are made are in comparison. For example: if you lived in a totally sterile, white, clean room all your life, the moment you stepped out into the world, you would think it was dirty, even if it wasn't. Therefore, our idea of good transportation all depends on the boundaries of transportation today.

Back to the subject

Apparently, auto-mobiles use less that 5% of the energy that is given to move the actual passenger(s), and the other 95% is used to more the actual vehicle. Compare a car with a bike, and you will see how light a bike seems. In fact, humans weigh only slightly more than a bike.

Unseen advantages

I've already been researching the bicycle for two whole days, and yet it seems that I still haven't found all the advantages of the bicycle.

When researching, I found this website:http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/143972/the_bicycle_a_convenient_ride.html?cat=27

It talked all about the advantages of bicycles, using three times less energy than walking, but at the same time going four times as fast, the bicycle promotes an Eco-friendly attitude whilst reducing traffic and road accidents! Betcha never thought of a bike in that sort of light!

New research

According to: http://www.sdearthtimes.com/et1199/et1199s13.html, some scientists researched how much energy was lost as heat when pedaling. The worst result was 19% of energy lost, and the best was 1.4% lost!

Environmental factors

In widening my range, I came across the idea of environmental friendliness. Because of these many aspects, I will only cover them lightly in my final product.

Back to the subject. In comparison to cars, bicycles are of course more environmentally friendly. But what about compared to trains? Trains are less polluting, but bicycles still win.

Bicycle safety

It turns out that when it comes to safety, bicycles and cars have something in common. The bicycles usually crash with cars. You may not think so, if you ride in a park, but remember, I am talking about transportation, not for fun.

When you travel by bike, you take the same roads as cars, but just to the side of the road for safety. Therefore, most of the accidents would be with cars. Of course, you are more likely to be damaged on a bike then in a car. So safety might be an issue when using a bicycle as a good form of transport.

More in depth

I now will look at safety in a more in depth way, once again using comparison.

Which is more serious, a car crash or a bicycle crash? Obviously a car crash! However, when riding a bicycle, I believe that you are more likely to get into an accident than in a car. This is just a quick glance though, I may have to look at what factors are there in safety.