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> Cyclists presumably aren't insured when they hit pedestrians. It is compulsory in some places in Japan. ¥4,000 ($40) per year pays out up to 3 billion yen ($
by rangibaby 8y ago
> Cyclists presumably aren't insured when they hit pedestrians.
It is compulsory in some places in Japan. ¥4,000 ($40) per year pays out up to 3 billion yen ($3,000,000) in case you hit someone.
- jessaustin 8y agoWe'll never see this requirement in USA because it would be proof salient to everyone of how much more dangerous driving is than cycling.
- closeparen 8y agoWe're under no illusions that cycling presents a danger to others in the same way that driving does. When we say cycling is unsafe, we mean it's unsafe for the cyclist.
- jessaustin 8y agoThe point is that your experience in a society that privileges automobile driving has left you with misleading impressions of how other societies function. In other places poor drivers are held responsible for their poor driving, and the sky has not fallen.
- closeparen 8y ago> In other places poor drivers are held responsible for their poor driving As they should be everywhere. What seems crazy, though, is the belief that every collision is necessarily an instance of a poor driver committing poor driving, with no reference to how a reasonable person would have handled the situation differently.