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It's not that I'm against an in-depth accident investigation like this. Go for it, by all means. But this kind of thing is practically never done for the thous
by _dain_ 3y ago
It's not that I'm against an in-depth accident investigation like this. Go for it, by all means.
But this kind of thing is practically never done for the thousands of children and teenagers that die each year from being hit by cars. It's just expected, normal, the price of doing business.
A notable exception is Strong Towns' Crash Analysis Studio, they do great work: https://www.strongtowns.org/crash-studio https://www.strongtowns.org/crash-studio
Singling out ebikes seems like status-quo bias -- they get disproportionate scrutiny simply because they are new, not because of the level of risk they present.
- davidw 3y ago> Singling out ebikes seems like status-quo bias -- they get disproportionate scrutiny simply because they are new, not because of the level of risk they present. Yes. The local denizens of Nextdoor go on and on about the kids on eBikes, while it's the local drivers who are absolutely slaughtering each other and everyone else: https://ktvz.com/category/news/accidents-crashes/ https://ktvz.com/category/news/accidents-crashes/ Second the Strong Towns recommendation. They do great work.