• Micromot@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    The bicycles aren’t the hazard, the cars are.

    In europe a few countries have city centers where you aren’t allowed to drive your car and some countries have seperate paths where bikes can ride.

    Bikes are way better for the environment and trips around 5-15 km can easily be done with a bike without having to pay for gas or insurance etc.

    Bikes also help you do excercise without having to waste time because you are doing the excercise while travelling somewhere.

    Bikes and public transport are so much more efficient than cars

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      3 months ago

      Tbf there’s assholes who behave recklessly in traffic on every mode of transportation. I’ve been run into by a bike twice in the past few years. But guess what, if we built proper infrastructure for them, they wouldn’t choose the sidewalk in order to protect themselves from cars. Also, the choice between whether you’d rather a bike or a car runs into you is pretty obvious.

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        3 months ago

        the choice between whether you’d rather a bike or a car runs into you is pretty obvious.

        No doubt. I pick car every time. Listening to the douchebag cyclist whining after the accident would be too much for me to bear.