• TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      bikes kill pedestrians

      Exceedingly rarely, almost to the point of not happening. You know this is a braindead argument.

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        11 months ago

        ThatsThePoint.jpg.

        Just like cars killing people on right hand reds. It’s a very low occurring incident.

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          11 months ago

          False. In my city right on red kills people every year, but there has only been one bike that killed a pedestrian in 40 years and even that seemed like a weird fluke if you read about it

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              11 months ago

              Yeah I should probably accept your link as reality instead of the facts that I know for sure

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      11 months ago

      We should advocate for having dedicated biking lanes to reduce these kinds of accidents, and redesign intersections to create a buffer space between pedestrian and bicycle crossing areas.

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      While fatalities are rare to the point of non-existence, it’s certainly a fair concern that bicyclists have too much difference in speed and maneuverability from pedestrians, risking too many accidents/injuries. That’s why we separate them: bicycling is not allowed on sidewalks