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This year there has been a lot of bad press for cyclists in the UK as one 20 year old biker hit and killed a lady. Lots of negative emotions and bad blood expo
by dvdcxn 9y ago
This year there has been a lot of bad press for cyclists in the UK as one 20 year old biker hit and killed a lady.
Lots of negative emotions and bad blood exposed, the court case got nationwide attention for weeks.
However nobody seemed to realise the dissonance that whilst 1 cyclist caused death is the ultimate heresy, drivers kill people daily without us batting an eye.
It's all a bit frustrating, I don't understand where this bias comes from - is it latent auto industry propaganda?
- zimpenfish 9y ago> drivers kill people daily without us batting an eye Background noise - easily ignored. > whilst 1 cyclist caused death is the ultimate heresy Statistical anomaly - easily highlighted. See also, e.g. "gun deaths in the USA vs Islamic terrorists"
- DanBC 9y agothis case is a bit unusual. It wasn't a normal accidental death. He modified his bike which made it illegal to use on English roads. He had a pattern of dangerous riding. He blamed the victim, and he lied about the accident and her afterwards. It's a pretty toxic combination.
- nailer 9y agoSpecifically, he removed the brakes from his bike and was proud of doing so.
- dvdcxn 9y agoThe press haven't been completely honest in their description of his bike. He had a fixie. Which is illegal, and is dangerous, but you can slow / stop the bike by simply not pedaling. People are acting as if he was cycling a runaway train. They're quite common in the US and not illegal there.
- nailer 9y agoThis discussion is outdated but just wanted you're right, I think I was misled here: it's standard pedal-back-and-skid brakes. The newspapers here really did make it sound like he had no capacity to brake at all.