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Re:Segway ends production of its original scooter by wffurr on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @09:49PM (#23623005)
>> Furthermore, in NYC, half of serious pedestrian injuries are caused by bike

I would be interested to see that citation.

I would also note that very very few people have ever been killed by a bicycle, which cannot be said for cars.

8 over the past 15 years, vs 2300 killed by cars: https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/nycdot-pedestria...

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Re:Segway ends production of its original scooter by nogabebop23 on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @10:53PM (#23623476)
The BYC DOT publishes stats every year that refute this completely. About 30x as many pedesttrians are hurt by cars vs bicycles, and 100x as many killed. You would expect that same ratio to stand up to whatever the GP means by "serious injuries"
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