“E-bikes aren’t a problem when 99.5% of road deaths involve cars”

https://road.cc/content/news/chris-boardman-road-safety-anger-e-bikes-and-reform-314383

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9point6@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I'm genuinely baffled it's not a several nines situation. I assume all road deaths involve cars

Xenny@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y

I bet it's the motorcycles skewing things a bit

ogmios@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 1y (3 replies)
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towerful@programming.dev · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Because cars are used more than bikes (electric or otherwise)?

ogmios@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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towerful@programming.dev · 6 pts · 1y

Because the safety of X [E-Bikes] has nothing at all to do with discussing the safety of Y [Deaths-from-cars] (I'm going to say this is "travel on public roads"), so small minded people will gawk at how large a number 99.5% is, without ever even stopping to ask if it's reasonable to compare those two things.

So, that's correct?
E-bikes are not the biggest threat to travelling on public roads.
And the article says this. There is a growing amount of people that would rather use a bike or e-bike than to drive.

And cars cause most of the deaths.

Glad we agree