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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by danielweber on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @03:36PM (#6014813)
Bikes are threats to pedestrians. I've never hit a pedestrian on a bike but I've come close. I've also been hit by a car while on a bike (at a low speed, enough to trash the bike but I was able to hop off in time) so I have sympathy here.
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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by dllthomas on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @03:38PM (#6014838)
Bikes injure pedestrians fairly often. My understanding is they rarely kill (though I'm happy to defer on either to someone bringing actual statistics to the table).
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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by vanderZwan on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @06:38PM (#6016169)
They don't, you need higher speeds for that (freak accidents don't count). Source: the lack of bicycle-caused deaths in the Netherlands.
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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by dllthomas on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @01:04PM (#6091317)
Well, apparently they do occasionally (though you'd probably be correct in labeling it a "freak accident"):

http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/no-jail-for-cyclist-c...

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