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by autokad
1167 days ago
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> 12mph than two SUVs at 40mph.
12 mph is the speed of a beginner bicycler. most bikers go faster then that.
most pedestrians are hit by cars going under 40mph and SUV's only make up about 8% of the total market. These facts don't disprove the idea that one would 'rather' get hit by a bike vs a vehicle, but the fact that you keep saying that nonsense doesn't help your argument. > I've lost several friends and family members to car accidents. I'm not surprised, 76% of Americans require a car to get to work. that's a lot of car trips. If you don't like cars, don't drive one. I don't. But stop pushing your views onto others. |
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I drive cars a lot. The way things are around me, I pretty much need to. I don't personally really dislike cars, I actually really like cars and enjoy driving them and riding my motorcycles. I just can't understand people arguing like bicycle accidents are practically as bad as car accidents or that having people trade their cars for bikes will make people overall less safe.
Your number of SUVs only being 8% of the market is way wrong. Try 80% in the US. It's been around 50% or so for years. The vast majority of cars around me are trucks and SUVs. The one that killed a cyclist near my kid's daycare recently was going over 50mph on a 40mph road. I'd like to see some actual statistics about "most pedestrians are hit by cars going under 40mph" statistic. It would surprise me either way.
EDIT: Some data about speeds here, and yeah under 40mph to pedestrians is definitely the majority.
https://one.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/research/pub/hs809012.ht...
https://jalopnik.com/trucks-and-suvs-are-now-over-80-percent...
If fewer people drove cars, our roads will be safer and we would have less traffic fatalities. Do you disagree?