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Bikes can kill (or severely injure) too. I had cca 3 super close calls in past few years with bikers going downhill like crazy, zooming through the crowd of car
by saiya-jin 4y ago
Bikes can kill (or severely injure) too. I had cca 3 super close calls in past few years with bikers going downhill like crazy, zooming through the crowd of cars stopped on red light, not even attempting to break, and going through the crowd of pedestrians walking on green through the pedestrian crossing. Missed me by cca 10cm each time, of course completely silent. Their speed was cca 30-40kmh each time.
Another fact is, bikers, electric or not, simply disregard any traffic rule. Cycling (fast) on sidewalks. Ignoring one ways, red lights or well literally anything that makes traffic rules.
The problem with bikers is mostly their mentality. Feeling above others, above rules, 'I have everything under control' mentality, in past few years added the sense of righteousness because they are 'ecological' (on their 5k$ ebike with tons of eco waste required to produce one, instead of boring good old public transport which works pretty great here).
When my wife worked at emergency, they had a case where pedestrian was hit by cyclist in similar situation as my experiences above (crossing road on green, mental cyclist comes speeding on his red light). Pedestrian went into coma and died 4 days after the accident, 40 years old healthy guy with family. These kind of cases don't make big news, its not terrorism but it happens. Just talk to emergency folks.