cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16133154
Link to original Tweet: https://x.com/DavidZipper/status/1795048724021862898
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16133154
Link to original Tweet: https://x.com/DavidZipper/status/1795048724021862898
Dude fuck e-bikes too, one of my closest friends was killed on one of those things, I hate cars too (especially the panel van that killed him), but let’s not pretend e-bikes are in anyway safe
I’m sorry about your friend but ebikes are so much safer than cars.
Can we not criticize cars and also irresponsible e-bike riders.
Both should follow traffic laws and yield to peds.
If the panel van hit and killed them, it would have killed them:
Fair enough
A van would have killed him on a regular bike too?
Sounds like the problem wasn’t the e-bike.
Usually vans don’t ride on sidewalks.
Bicycles aren’t supposed to be on sidewalks either, that’s how pedestrians get hit.
The problem is motorist thinking they own the fucking road.
I’m sorry for your loss. It’s worth considering that we are very conditioned to passive language with these events, but your friend was not “hit on his e-bike”, he was killed by the van driver. He was not at fault, the van was.