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“E-bikes aren’t a problem when 99.5% of road deaths involve cars” (road.cc)

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[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

We need to ban the use of statistics without a licence.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Because cars are used more than bikes (electric or otherwise)?

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Because the safety of X has nothing at all to do with discussing the safety of Y, so small minded people will gawk at how large a number 99.5% is, without ever even stopping to ask if it's reasonable to compare those two things.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Because the safety of X [E-Bikes] has nothing at all to do with discussing the safety of Y [Deaths-from-cars] (I'm going to say this is "travel on public roads"), so small minded people will gawk at how large a number 99.5% is, without ever even stopping to ask if it's reasonable to compare those two things.

So, that's correct?
E-bikes are not the biggest threat to travelling on public roads.
And the article says this. There is a growing amount of people that would rather use a bike or e-bike than to drive.

And cars cause most of the deaths.

Glad we agree