The 'New York Times' attacks e-bikes while ignoring the real danger all around us - eviltoast
Recent articles in the 'New York Times' about e-bike safety have been largely absent of analysis on the things killing e-bike riders: cars.

The New York Times published a pair of articles this weekend highlighting the rising number of deaths of cyclists riding electric bikes. However, in one of the most impressive feats of victim-blaming I’ve seen from the publication in some time, the NYT lays the onus on e-bikes instead of on the things killing their law abiding riders: cars.

  • moral_imperative@beehaw.org
    3·
    1 year ago

    You’re so close, bud.

    Most ebikes have a top speed of 20mph and weigh less than a motorcycle (and MUCH LESS than a car,) so your first paragraph is BS.

    2nd paragraph - right on. It’s almost like cars are big heavy death machines that are dangerous, even FATAL, at high speeds.

    Motorcycles cost more, are heavier, and move much faster than ebikes. They’re absolutely more dangerous than an ebike.

    Give ebikes their own infrastructure and do urban planning that reduces the speed and danger levels of large, fast-moving vehicles.