| Ironically these are the same dangers bike poses to pedestrians And with the boom of food delivery,mostly done by bike, the situation got a lot worse Just two hours ago a guy working for glovo merged on the sidewalk while I was trying to cross on the zebra walks and almost hit me. He was using one hand, wasn't looking, with the other hand was speaking at the phone and didn't stop at the red light No need to specify they are not allowed on sidewalks, but who's gonna fine them? It happens constantly, but bikers usually think that cars are to blame, when cars usually let me cross when the light is green, they usually stop at the red light and they usually don't ride on the sidewalk Give people bikes that can go at 30km/h and you have the recipe for a disaster We already have regular and e-mopeds but at least they are heavy regulated and need a mandatory insurance (at least in Italy) |
That said, unless someone is already frail being hit by a bike is nothing like being hit by a car. I’ve had two red-light running bicyclists crash in to me (once while biking, once while skateboarding). I’ve also been in three separate cars that got rear-ended (none of those times was I driving). The level of pain is an order of magnitude different.