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The status quo is accepting cyclists getting mowed down by human drivers by the thousands every year
by dymk 3y ago
The status quo is accepting cyclists getting mowed down by human drivers by the thousands every year
- Groxx 3y agoAs a biker on the road, yes, you absolutely do consider that the status quo. Otherwise you stand a good chance of joining that statistic. Cars do a lot more damage to you than you do to them. Which implies nothing about any ideal state, either practically or legally. But it is an accurate description of the real world in many areas, and therefore a reasonable expectation when your life is on the line. --- On a more technical level, legally and practically, the acceptable number of accidents is essentially never zero. That would imply absurd costs involved in prevention. Everyone wants it to be lower of course, but humans do not have infinite value in policy decisions.