| ▲ | consumer451 2 days ago |
| Yeah, my experience was anecdotal. Also, cyclists can be assholes. However, they have less inertia. What I would like to see is mortality rates of pedestrians in Paris in general. That might be the actually interesting trend. |
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| ▲ | saltysalt 2 days ago | parent [-] |
| I would wager it's the usage of payments and ignoring of pedestrian lights by cyclists is a big factor. As a pedestrian, I've had FAR more encounters with aggressive cyclists than aggressive drivers (also anecdotal). Makes walking downtown more stressful. |
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| ▲ | Mawr 2 days ago | parent [-] | | The difference in severity of a crash between a car and a bicycle is on the order of 20x. Are you seeing 20x more agressive cyclists than motorists? Anyhow, talking about the hospitalization rate without the mortality rate is very odd and smells of manipulation one way or the other. | | |
| ▲ | saltysalt 2 days ago | parent [-] | | So the argument of "well it would have hurt more if it was a car!" is cold comfort, and cars aren't mounting pavements to get me... | | |
| ▲ | reactormonk a day ago | parent [-] | | I have bad news for you: https://old.reddit.com/r/RentnerfahreninDinge/comments/1qtsg... | | |
| ▲ | saltysalt a day ago | parent [-] | | Sorry but I don't speak German, what's the context for that video? | | |
| ▲ | peterfirefly 18 hours ago | parent [-] | | Just watch it until about half way in. This is the context: > and cars aren't mounting pavements to get me... | | |
| ▲ | saltysalt 18 hours ago | parent [-] | | So one sample from somewhere in Germany completely undone my argument. I guess all of my lived counter-examples of aggressive cyclists on payments or running through red lights while my kids and I were were trying to use pedestrian crossings were hallucinations. Many cyclists really are incapable of introspection, it's fascinating. It's less of a mode of transport for some, and more of an idealist crusade. They are hilarious. |
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