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Re:When Citi Bikes Are Faster Than Taxis in New York City by booleandilemma on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:59PM (#15341071)
As a pedestrian I would have a lot more sympathy for cyclists if they stopped at red lights like cars do.

Crossing the street in NYC is more dangerous than it has to be because you always have to be wary of a person on a bike coming out from behind a truck or something.

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Re:When Citi Bikes Are Faster Than Taxis in New York City by yellowbeard on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @02:55PM (#15341538)
I don't think the data supports your assertion. Car drivers injure and kill a couple orders of magnitude more pedestrians in NYC than cyclists do.
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Re:When Citi Bikes Are Faster Than Taxis in New York City by viraptor on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @04:47PM (#15342361)
You're unlikely to report every time a bike runs into you. Most of the time you won't even be really injured - just some bruises and pain. That's not big enough for statistics, but it still sucks as an experience.
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Re:When Citi Bikes Are Faster Than Taxis in New York City by yellowbeard on Monday October 02, 2017 @07:10PM (#15388748)
My guess is that's the same for cars (minor injuries go unreported). It's hard to speculate about unreported statistics. The fact remains that for reported statistics, motorists injure far more people than cyclists, thus I say fear of cyclists is irrational.
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