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Woman dies after being hit by electric bike in London
- lifeisstillgood 8y agoThis is clearly a tragedy for the woman and her family. Our thoughts are of course with them first. reading the article I am wondering why it is news that it is an e-bike and not "just" a bike. This feels like a Telegraph style move for the Guardian, and an odd move (I would have thought ebikes were Gruniads thing) It would be worth waiting for the coroners report to see if the e-bike made a difference (weight of batteries, collided with the motor instead of 150 lb of cyclist) For some balance worth looking at figures for deaths by cycle and car - see below: (3 pedestrian killed by cycles, 300+ by cars) That's one a day. Holy moly we should put concrete walls up instead of kerbs. https://www.cyclinguk.org/campaigning/views-and-briefings/pedestrians https://www.cyclinguk.org/campaigning/views-and-briefings/pe...
- sevensor 8y agoAnd previously, a woman was killed by a man on a fixed-gear bicycle: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/18/cyclist-charlie-alliston-jailed-for-18-months-over-death-of-pedestrian https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/18/cyclist... And let's not forget that death by automobile is so common as to be a statistic rather than an individual tragedy.