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But cycling isn't unsafe. Cycling is only unsafe in the proximity of two ton vehicles and their incapable operators. It continues to be unsafe in this manner b
by revelation 9y ago
But cycling isn't unsafe. Cycling is only unsafe in the proximity of two ton vehicles and their incapable operators.
It continues to be unsafe in this manner because we treat cars and trucks different to all other transportation. It's unthinkable we all shrug our shoulders when a pilot crashes a plane because he was checking his Facebook. There is a root cause analysis and there are effective measures taken. But here we are with car casualties many times that of planes or trains and yet no one is doing any cause analysis at all. Car manufacturers continue to produce ridiculously overpowered and oversized vehicles and advertise them speeding through the city at night.
- ilaksh 9y agoRight but we are required to be in close proximity now. Let's build some smarter, safer cities where we aren't required to be close and maybe have physical barriers. It's just basic physics equations that aren't adding up to any type of real safety for me with current designs.
- YSFEJ4SWJUVU6 9y agoCycling can be unsafe, with or without the proximity of heavy vehicles. Just the other day I came about a cyclist driving on the shoulder, against the flow of 80 km/h traffic, with his hands off the handlebar. Insanely dangerous no matter how capable the drivers of the cars were. (Not to mention it's not a good idea to think you could safely check you Facebook updates as long as you were, say, cycling, or even walking about.)
- YSFEJ4SWJUVU6 9y agoSafe to say cyclist are one zealous bunch of they hobby, at least on every article related here on HN.