FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.ioM to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 7 days agoWoman impaled by e-bike handlebars on a mission for better regulation in Massachusettswww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkWoman impaled by e-bike handlebars on a mission for better regulation in Massachusettswww.cbsnews.comFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.ioM to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
A woman who was run over and impaled by an e-bike is on a mission to get them better regulated in Massachusetts.
minus-squaredrkt@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·edit-25 days agoOver 1 fatal crash a day, about 2500 serious injuries every year in Massachusetts. BY CARS Keep your eye on the ball. Every e-bike is a car off the road.
minus-squareNouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 days agoIt absolutely socks she got run over by an ebike, and something should be done about it. Im glad she’s here to tell her story. If it was a car, there would be no story to tell. So prioritize work accordingly.
minus-squarePerspectivist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 days ago Every e-bike is a car off the road. People by ebikes for leisure use as well, not just as a mode of transportation. I have two ebikes and they haven’t cut down my car use at all.
Over 1 fatal crash a day, about 2500 serious injuries every year in Massachusetts.
BY CARS
Keep your eye on the ball. Every e-bike is a car off the road.
It absolutely socks she got run over by an ebike, and something should be done about it. Im glad she’s here to tell her story.
If it was a car, there would be no story to tell. So prioritize work accordingly.
People by ebikes for leisure use as well, not just as a mode of transportation. I have two ebikes and they haven’t cut down my car use at all.