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noob_tube03 t1_iy9pdpg wrote

Reply to comment by Christianstudebaker in people not knowing bike safety by [deleted]

I don't know why people act like bikes are not dangerous. There are plenty of e-bikes that are 50-80lbs of steel traveling at over 20 mph. Even if that alone wouldn't hurt you (and it would), just having people ignoring traffic laws and forcing other cyclists/pedestrians into traffic is extremely dangerous. This constant retort of "I don't need to obey the laws because bikes are safe" is crazy

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Christianstudebaker t1_iy9wmyb wrote

I never said that bikes shouldn't have to obey the laws. I said that a car is more dangerous than a bike, at any speed. Yes there are ebikes, but they are vastly outnumbered by regular bikes, so don't use them as the generalized standard of danger in this equation. That'd be like me saying there's busses that weigh more than cars and using them as the standard

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