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Re:S.F. says incidents by Cruise, Waymo driverless taxis are... by yayitswei on Saturday July 15, 2023 @03:42AM (#36734513)
This could be expected if the ratio of bikes to cars is much higher than in other places.
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Re:S.F. says incidents by Cruise, Waymo driverless taxis are... by Tade0 on Saturday July 15, 2023 @04:59AM (#36734930)
It's a recent phenomenon - there were many bikes before and no such issues.

What's worrying is that fatalities are higher despite bicycles not being a large part of the modal split:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/449436/netherlands-modal...

The few local accounts that I gathered point to older people using e-bikes (or even so-called fast bikes) and going too fast compared to their situational awareness.

It's the same problem as with elderly drivers, just more pronounced because bicycles give little to no protection.

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