FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.ioM to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIf you think electric bikes are bad, there’s a much bigger menace hitting our roadselectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkIf you think electric bikes are bad, there’s a much bigger menace hitting our roadselectrek.coFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.ioM to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square15linkfedilinkfile-text
Electric bikes are a menace. They go almost as fast as a car (if the car is parking), they’re whisper…
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoProbably deaths per distance traveled rather than vehicle count.
minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYeah, I think both metrics are valuable. Also the ratio of incidents where pedestrians did/didn’t die might be useful.
minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 @lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoDeath per distance traveled shouldn’t be use on thing that usually travel short distance though, because pedestrian death is the highest if measured this way, making the impression that walking is dangerous.
Probably deaths per distance traveled rather than vehicle count.
Yeah, I think both metrics are valuable. Also the ratio of incidents where pedestrians did/didn’t die might be useful.
Death per distance traveled shouldn’t be use on thing that usually travel short distance though, because pedestrian death is the highest if measured this way, making the impression that walking is dangerous.