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[meme] Why do people only seem to mean cars when they talk about electric and/or autonomous vehicles?
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Just an add here ... Pedestrian fatalities are up, largely due to huge vehicles in general. But EVs tend to be very heavy because of the batteries. So collisions tend to be very unpleasant.
Can confirm. Rode a 1000w electric bike to work every day and couldn't wait to get a car after all the near-misses I had. It's even more dangerous than a pedal bike cause no one expects a bicycle to be going almost 30 MPH. Almost got hit at least 3-4 time from people turning right cause they didn't expect me to be inside the intersection so soon.
They're a lot of fun for recreation but not as a daily driver, unless you have a suicide wish.
It's almost as of going 50kph with a bicycle isnt a good idea to begin with
I know a guy who hit a pothole on an electric bike, bounced him off...he broke his neck on the landing.
He's doing alright now, he reffed basketball for decades and the community really is rallying around him to support but he'll never recover to 100%.
There's a risk with these things that should be factored in to the cost benefit.
It sounds like the only reason they're dangerous in this case is that cars are on the road. Since cars are unethical and should be banned, I don't see why electric bikes would be any problem in a sensible society.
No, e-bikes with these specs are considered vehicles just like motorcycles (in the EU) and need to follow the same rules.
For example, you can't overtake people on the right, because it's stupid and dangerous (and illegal). And assuming the other guy meant he almost had near-misses while riding on the bike path - e-bike hauling ass at 30MPH has no place on any bike path, it's dangerous for everyone around.
It sounds like the person above lives in one of those countries where they drive on the right, so the bike lane would be to the right of the cars. So that person is just using the bike lane normally and cars are turning through the bike lane without looking, which is illegal.
If you're going 50km/h on a bike line, absolutely no one driving car is expecting you to arrive to the crossing in 3 seconds from 50 meters away.
You absolutely have to slow down to a crossing on a bicycle, motorized or not. And this is coming form an cyclist who doesn't own a car or a license.
Edit: also if you're speeding like that on bike lanes where others are going on average less than half your speed, you're causing danger to others.
Ride like maniac and die like maniac
America has high speed multilane roads with as many turnoffs and driveways as a street. They're called stroads. Maybe the person above is having problems with those.