parlaptie@feddit.de to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoToday's xkcd ranks cars as less dangerous than bikes and scootersxkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkToday's xkcd ranks cars as less dangerous than bikes and scootersxkcd.comparlaptie@feddit.de to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaren2burns@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIf you’re driving over 45mph, there’s likely not a comparable bike trip.
minus-squareMonkRome@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoBy comparable, I mean from point a to point b. If you have a 10 mile commute to work, you have a slightly higher lethality driving a car on a highway, than biking to work, but you have a higher chance of non-lethal injury by biking.
minus-squaren2burns@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoUnless you’re also biking on the highway, it’s not comparable.
If you’re driving over 45mph, there’s likely not a comparable bike trip.
By comparable, I mean from point a to point b. If you have a 10 mile commute to work, you have a slightly higher lethality driving a car on a highway, than biking to work, but you have a higher chance of non-lethal injury by biking.
Unless you’re also biking on the highway, it’s not comparable.