Posted on 05/09/2021 4:08:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Sad - but the alternative is even more dangerous.
Bike riders, and specifically young bike riders, should not be allowed on public sidewalks.
I have two or three potentially fatal encounters with sidewalk bike riders EVERY year.
Recently, new, massive, completely silent, black, motorized bikes have appeared on the sidewalks around Seattle. These things go like 25 mph ON the sidewalks.
Who legalizes stuff like this?
Bike lanes are just as dangerous. Two or three times a year I almost get hit by kids who are running red lights while I am in the cross walk on the street.
The data is overwhelmingly on the side of pedestrians.
In New York state, almost one person each day is treated in an ER after being struck by a bike.
Incredibly, New York City has a LOWER rate of bike-pedestrian injuries than the rest of the state, so this public health issue is EVERYWHERE.
Communism could make even Germans build bad stuff. Prime example, the Trabant.
Absolute heresy in this neighborhood. First to mash the 'Post' button wins.
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