Investigating a teen’s death on an ebike and the Rad brand’s safety

Re:Investigating a teen’s death on an ebike and the Rad bran... by _dain_ on Friday September 29, 2023 @06:57PM (#37711073)

It's not that I'm against an in-depth accident investigation like this. Go for it, by all means.

But this kind of thing is practically never done for the thousands of children and teenagers that die each year from being hit by cars. It's just expected, normal, the price of doing business.

A notable exception is Strong Towns' Crash Analysis Studio, they do great work: https://www.strongtowns.org/crash-studio

Singling out ebikes seems like status-quo bias -- they get disproportionate scrutiny simply because they are new, not because of the level of risk they present.

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Re:Investigating a teen’s death on an ebike and the Rad bran... by davidw on Friday September 29, 2023 @07:24PM (#37711286)

> Singling out ebikes seems like status-quo bias -- they get disproportionate scrutiny simply because they are new, not because of the level of risk they present.

Yes. The local denizens of Nextdoor go on and on about the kids on eBikes, while it's the local drivers who are absolutely slaughtering each other and everyone else: https://ktvz.com/category/news/accidents-crashes/

Second the Strong Towns recommendation. They do great work.

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