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Yes! This one is also great: "How We Talk About Drivers Hitting Cyclists" https://www.outsideonline.com/2392955/lets-talk-about-drivers-hitting-cyclists https:/
by matsemann 6y ago
Yes! This one is also great: "How We Talk About Drivers Hitting Cyclists" https://www.outsideonline.com/2392955/lets-talk-about-drivers-hitting-cyclists https://www.outsideonline.com/2392955/lets-talk-about-driver...
Media always portray it as a passive car just happened to hit a cyclist. But that shapes the discussion. It was an action by a driver. Not “he was struck from behind by an automobile while riding his bicycle a mere block from his home.”, as the article says. The cyclist wasn't struck. It wasn't by an automobile. It was a driver (actively) hitting him.
When it's framed like that instead, one can actually start improving and understand why it happened and try to avoid it in the future. Instead of portraying it like a freak accident like a meteor just happened to strike and there is really nothing to be done.