“E-bikes aren’t a problem when 99.5% of road deaths involve cars”: Chris Boardman calls for “anger to be pointed in right direction” amid Reform’s anti-cycling rhetoric and “embarrassing” BBC Panorama e-bike episode
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“The way to counter Reform is to stop talking about cycling and walking, and talk about the outcomes of cycling and walking,” the Active Travel England chief says
  • 9point6@lemmy.worldEnglish
    141·
    9 days ago

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

      • Ogmios@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        71·
        9 days ago

        Because the safety of X has nothing at all to do with discussing the safety of Y, 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.

        • towerful@programming.devEnglish
          6·
          9 days ago

          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