Electric bikes are a menace. They go almost as fast as a car (if the car is parking), they’re whisper…
Are electric bikes a menace?
No, headline is satirical article itself as well.
No. The cars are.
I have bad knees and no drivers license in the United States. My electric bike is a life saver.
Edit: Just read the whole “article”. I don’t disagree but sarcasm isn’t a good tone for journalism.
Let’s take New York City, for example. It’s got more e-bike usage than anywhere else in the US, and there are still only an average of two pedestrians per year killed by an e-bike accident. That number for cars? Around 100 per year in NYC. It’s not complicated math – cars are 50x more lethal in the city.
I have no doubt that ebikes are less dangerous, but this data doesn’t do much to prove that point.
You have to do deaths per vehicle on the road. Raw data is useless for making any sort of comparison.
Probably deaths per distance traveled rather than vehicle count.
Yeah, I think both metrics are valuable. Also the ratio of incidents where pedestrians did/didn’t die might be useful.
Death per distance traveled shouldn’t be use on thing that usually travel short distance though, because pedestrian death is the highest if measured this way, making the impression that walking is dangerous.
If you think electric bikes are bad, you’re a fucking idiot.
Literally nobody will read (or even glance at) the article and instead respond to the headline based on vibes alone. As usual. Ah, social media… Electric bikes were definitely a better invention.
Here’s an idea: If we want safer streets, how about we start by addressing the machines that weigh two and a half tons and can hit 100 mph, not the ones that top out at 20 or 28 and are powered by a one-horsepower motor the size of an orange.
This made me chuckle on the train. Hilarious, but true. I like the orange comparison.
It’s too late. Elastigirl already showed off how cool they are
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Quantum bikes?
