"who’d a thunk it"
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Has the usage of ebikes as a proportion of cycling gone up by that same amount, more or less? Without knowing that it's meaningless. I couldn't find anything in the article to conform that
Exactly. I would suggest that the hire bike riders tend not to wear helmets, and are therefore at more risk of serious head injuries, regardless of how careful they are.
If you think about it, it'd be super crazy if you put thousands of ebikes without helmets onto the streets and found that injuries didn't increase. People are far too casual about risking brain damage. Even if I was stupid and I knew it, I'd still take care of my brain!
I mean come on. Who thinks it is "right" or even legal to roll through a red light on any type of vehicle...? That's a shame on the riders, no?
(Not to say they should be hit in the first place and there can always be more of a reduction in cars on the street, etc. etc.)
The article literally doesn't mention red light jumping once; bit odd to immediately jump to this much overused straw man topic isn't it?
The video that was provide in the article showed individuals running red lights. That was the basis of my comment.
Ah OK fair enough, apologies. I am a Luddite when it comes to video in news articles and rarely watch them
Who thinks it is “right” or even legal to roll through a red light on any type of vehicle…?
oh, you have never been a member of a cycling advocacy group. The answer is the ginger guy in dreadlocks.
Who thinks it is “right” or even legal to roll through a red light on any type of vehicle…?
I'd say about 1/3 of cyclists going by the traffic light in front of my house.