• Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Bikes take much less space and they will go around people,

    Well, I seriously doubt that bikes generally go “around” people. For pedestrians in a pedestrian environment, a bike is about as dangerous as a car is for bikes on a road.

    you risk getting hit by a car if you walk into the streets

    Just like you risk getting run over by a combat-biker in the pavement, the pedestrian zone in the city, or a pedestrian crossing. And don’t tell me those things dont happen - I see them every day.

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      2 years ago

      For pedestrians in a pedestrian environment, a bike is about as dangerous as a car is for bikes on a road.

      Numbers, please.

      Just like you risk getting run over by a combat-biker in the pavement […] I see them every day.

      Numbers, please.

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      2 years ago

      I don’t know where you come from (I guess US?) but I live in a city that has a very long bike lane shared with pedestrian sidewalk and I take that road very often, nothing ever happens. Worst case scenario I just ring my bicycle bell and they move aside, which is a plus because I love ringing my bell :)

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        2 years ago

        I guess US?

        Nope. Europe.

        Worst case scenario I just ring my bicycle bell and they move aside

        That’s what I’m talking about: Bikers complain about cars, but totally ignore their relationship to pedestrians. “I ring my bell and let them hop away”…