Oregon Senate passes 'Trenton's' e-bike law; sends to Kotek for signature
www.centraloregondaily.com
The Oregon Senate passed a bill updating laws around electric bicycles on Monday. It's named for a Bend teen killed in a collision while riding an e-bike last summer.
  • ShadowRam@fedia.io
    211·
    9 months ago

    I’m not following your line of thinking.

    If we banished all cars, and people where on dedicated E-Bike/Bike roads, you assume dangerous collisions at night would just disappear?

    • biddy@feddit.nlEnglish
      151·
      9 months ago

      Yes. Collisions are far less likely when the vehicles are smaller, and far less deadly when the vehicles are slower and less massive.

      • ShadowRam@fedia.io
        36·
        9 months ago

        Collisions are far less likely when the vehicles are smaller Citation? Why would smaller mean less collisions?

        far less deadly when the vehicles are slower and less massive = Correct

        But both of your points have NOTHING to do with the topic “People shouldnt need to be neon colored”

        They still require to be more visible to each other when travelling at E-bike speeds at night.

        • biddy@feddit.nlEnglish
          71·
          9 months ago

          Why would smaller mean less collisions?

          Easier to dodge. Less physical area to hit.

          I’m not arguing that people shouldn’t wear hi-viz, lights, ect. Of course they should. But we need to stop blaming cyclists when cars are the thing actually causing the harm. I’m trying to find a link to statistics on numbers of deadly crashes not involving a car, I recall seeing it somewhere and it was less than 1%.