Post AYCmm7DNqa1Ll6DRa4 by Erich@a2mi.social
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 (DIR) Post #AYCmm7DNqa1Ll6DRa4 by Erich@a2mi.social
       2023-07-30T01:35:03Z
       
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       There has been a deluge of articles in the last couple weeks about the danger of #eBikes and California's push to require licensing to ride them. As a bike rider it's never surprising to see the media and drivers blame riders for their own deaths, no matter how egregious the driver error was. And some of the cited examples are quite egregious.But this push for education and licensing made me wonder:How effective is Driver's Ed at improving road safety?Not at all.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8142340/
       
 (DIR) Post #AYCmm8r7kJP4qdohA8 by Erich@a2mi.social
       2023-07-30T01:40:36Z
       
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       This NYT article is full of examples where eBike riders were doing everything they could to ride safely, and yet drivers still crashed into them.The solution is not to reform the eBike riders, it's to reform the drivers, the cars, and the built environment. No amount of education would have kept these people safe. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/health/ebikes-safety-teens.html