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Re:Everyone loves e-bikes – except some who have to share ro... by tialaramex on Sunday August 07, 2022 @08:39AM (#32376029)
> It's absolutely safe for bikes to ride on same place as pedestrians: collisions are rare, and when they do happen they're not deadly.

It's not deadly for the cyclist.

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2022-07-14/cyclist-who-rode-o...

Hey, driving a car into cyclists isn't deadly for the driver, so, under your logic that's not "actually dangerous" either? Right?

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Re:Everyone loves e-bikes – except some who have to share ro... by amrocha on Sunday August 07, 2022 @01:38PM (#32378146)
It's so safe that when a death happens it makes the news. When hundreds of people get killed by cars every year it doesn't even get picked up unless it was a kid.

I'd even say it's probably more dangerous for the human on the bike if they get thrown off the bike in a weird way.

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Re:Everyone loves e-bikes – except some who have to share ro... by beefield on Sunday August 07, 2022 @09:02AM (#32376162)
I'm not sure what your point was?

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/cyclist-riding-e...

To me it is quite obvious that pedestrian crashing with a bicycle is much less dangerous than pedestrian hit by a car.

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