People of Mastodon!

I'm researching the growth of ebikes ...

... in cities around the US

I've talked to many people who love them!

But also want to include the perspective of folks who have concerns ...

... i.e. about the speed and weight of ebikes in accidents with pedestrians or other cyclists, and the like

If anyone has thoughts they wanna share, ping me! I'm all ears: [email protected]

Pass this along if you know anyone else with perspective they want to share

#fedibikes

@clive the idea I come back to is that roads, lights, stop signs, sidewalks, crosswalks, etc., are all a system. We’re asking everyone to follow the rules for everyone’s benefit. And sometimes those rules can bend for pedestrians and cyclists at low weights and speeds, but it’s still dangerous! A car swerving out of its way to avoid you going the wrong way on the road is dangerous, even if you’re not the danger. And the more weight and speed you have, the more dangerous you become.

@tim

yep yep

And all these systems were assembled and tweaked and refined for decades with the chief goal of automobile throughput ...

(... to the point where many models of intersections and traffic didn't even include pedestrians lol ...)

... so rejiggering them for things other than automobiles is hard; it goes against the grain of what the systems were created to do

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