| ▲ | Gigachad 2 hours ago | |
The first link is a propaganda website so not really much use, and for the second one, pretty much all fatalities on bikes are the result of being killed by distracted drivers. >The US has eight times as many pedestrian deaths per mile as Germany. Clearly the US is unusually bad for distracted driving. | ||
| ▲ | lettergram an hour ago | parent [-] | |
The stats come from the government agency in the US which tracks driver fatalities. Here's the source document: https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/... Regarding "distracted driving" causing cyclist fatalities, my point was more that bicyclists have a higher risk rate. If we're already going down this path for safety, banning bicycling would have a higher impact than reducing fatalities ~10% which is what the EU claimed it could prevent. Regarding the claim that "pretty much all fatalities on bikes are the result of being killed by drivers", that's simply not true. It also largely depends on laws and location. https://www.bikeattorney.com/bike-accident-common-causes.htm... https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/05/20/1364622... | ||