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The only time my daughter went to the hospital was when a careless cyclist with an umbrella in her hand struck her on the sidewalk. The MRI and everything was
by jbm 4y ago
The only time my daughter went to the hospital was when a careless cyclist with an umbrella in her hand struck her on the sidewalk.
The MRI and everything was awful and I wish I had been able to do something to stop it. You are going to be disappointed if you think anything will keep our kids safe.
(Unrelated but in Japan, our health care did not cover the costs for the accident; the cyclist paid us for our out of pocket expenses as the police had found her pretty quickly)
- jobs_throwaway 4y ago> You are going to be disappointed if you think anything will keep our kids safe. Car crashes are a top 2 (often top 1) killer of children in ~every developed country. Cycling doesn't crack the top 10. Its intellectually dishonest to pretend that cars and bikes are comparable dangers to children.
- jbm 4y agoIf you increase the number of cyclists you'll see more accidents. If anything, the anonymity that accompanies cycling could result in more accidents if a larger portion of the population engages in it. I have seen bikes ride on the sidewalk, ringing their bells at pedestrians — even when there is a bike path. Sorry but that culture needs to change and demanding the whole world change first is just not going to suffice. As a sidenote, disregarding someone's life experience over statistics is antisocial behavior that only "works" on internet forums. You'll find, IRL, that RL stories are stickier and we need to listen and understand rather than just appeal to numbers (especially in post-truth "all numbers are lies" modern culture) /rode a bicycle for more than 40 years, drove three kids on a Panasonic e-mama chari to baseball games and school. Way worse than a car.