Re:When Citi Bikes Are Faster Than Taxis in New York City
by francisofascii on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @09:50AM
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It doesn't make sense to penalize bikes the same way as cars. A car is deadly, a bike isn't. It would be like assigning the same penalty to throwing a punch and a gun shot.
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Re:When Citi Bikes Are Faster Than Taxis in New York City
by kazinator on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @10:31AM
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You can definitely kill someone with a bicycle. And a punch.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/gay-basher-ge...
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/10/stanley-park-pedestrian-d...
This is just recent local news from my neck of the woods, off the top of my head.
Re:When Citi Bikes Are Faster Than Taxis in New York City
by antisthenes on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @10:41AM
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Just because you can do it, doesn't mean it has anywhere the same likelihood of happening. Not even sure what argument you're trying to make.
This is why concealed guns are banned in most states and fists aren't.
Re:When Citi Bikes Are Faster Than Taxis in New York City
by jff on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @11:35AM
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> Just because you can do it, doesn't mean it has anywhere the same likelihood of happening. Not even sure what argument you're trying to make.
Ok, go stand in the street and I'll hit you with a bicycle. I can come to the emergency room later and you can tell me how it didn't hurt that much.
> This is why concealed guns are banned in most states
False, by the way. They just require a license... like a car.
Re:When Citi Bikes Are Faster Than Taxis in New York City
by kazinator on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @02:27PM
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You're likely confusing the (intuitively low) probability of someone being hit by a cyclist with the conditional probability of someone sustaining a serious injury or being killed given they've been hit by a cyclist.