• artyom@piefed.social
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    8 days ago

    The common denominator is almost always the person on two wheels riding dangerously, selfishly and/or illegally, then protesting when someone calls them out.

    Yeah I mean you can say the exact same thing about motorists. Only when they do it, people die.

  • Wahots@pawb.social
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    8 days ago

    This will only change with proper police enforcement. But the much bigger problem are car accidents, which disproportionately affect pedestrians, causing just shy of 6,000 accidents in my city.

    Of the 25 killed, 16 were pedestrians in high speed areas like stroads and highway onramps. (300 total crashes into pedestrians)

    Bikes had 260 crashes, zero of which were fatal, but many of which involved cars.

    Vision Zero is working, and bike and scooter accidents will increase as usage increases. But slowing cars and making roads narrow to limit speeding will keep more people, including drivers, safer.