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by joshlemer 1320 days ago
Yeah you're right. The greatest danger to pedestrians in North America is all those millions of "projectile cyclists" flattening them. That's what the statistics show. Today alone, about 21 people walking in the United States will be killed by motor vehicles. But we should focus on the approximately 8 pedestrians killed per year in collisions with bicycles.
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Ideally we can get real protected bike infrastructure and bad cyclists will lose their "whatabout cars" excuse.
It's revealing of your true priorities that you only care about the massive amount of death and devastation cars inflict on pedestrians and cyclists insofar as it inhibits you from marginalizing people riding bikes.
Calm down, you're not being marginalized. I'm fighting for more bike infrastructure. However, "but cars" isn't an excuse to be a jerk to pedestrians.
Cyclists are constantly being marginalized, all day, every day.