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>Overall, the report concludes that the main culprit in all bicycle (regular and electric) injuries was the rider’s own behavior (44 percent) — a steering error
by moonchrome 4y ago
>Overall, the report concludes that the main culprit in all bicycle (regular and electric) injuries was the rider’s own behavior (44 percent) — a steering error, for example — while 32 percent was road conditions. And the majority of these accidents affected only the rider. Two-thirds of the 110,000 traffic victims treated in Dutch hospitals last year were cyclists, VeiligheidNL says. The survey was conducted with hospitalized riders between July 2020 and June 2021.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/13/23023361/e-bike-injuries-increased-risk-netherlands https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/13/23023361/e-bike-injuries-...
This is in Netherlands - Mecca of bicycle infrastructure.
I mean how is this even controversial - riding on two wheels vs driving on 4 between a steel cage is inherently more dangerous - you have to be a zealot to deny that.
- adrianN 4y agoWhich part of your quote disputes that bike crashes at bike speeds are generally safer than motorcycle crashes at motorcycle speeds?
- moonchrome 4y agoHow does that change the fact that biking is order of magnitude more dangerous compared to driving a car ? It's like saying "cocaine isn't that bad, look at what heroin does to people".