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Cars aren't killing people. Car drivers are killing people, usually because they are careless. Compare the language used when pedestrians are killed by cyclist

• Godel_unicode 7y ago
  > ...pedestrians are killed by cyclists Is this very common? I've been hit by cyclists before (apparently red lights are a suggestion if you're pedaling?) but killing seems like it would be difficult.
  • paulcole 7y ago
    It is not common. In Britain, well over 99% of pedestrian deaths are caused by motor vehicles. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/08/killer-cyclists-roads-bikes-pedestrian-collision-deaths-britain https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/08/killer...
  • tommoor 7y ago
    It's not, but that doesn't stop sensationalist articles being written… https://nypost.com/2019/08/31/nyc-bicyclists-are-killing-pedestrians-and-the-city-wont-stop-it/ https://nypost.com/2019/08/31/nyc-bicyclists-are-killing-ped...
  • baroffoos 7y ago
    Its extraordinarily rare to the point of not even worth counting. But when it happens once somewhere in the world it gets reposted on every single clickbait news website and spread all over social media.