Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml • 11 months ago

The 'New York Times' attacks e-bikes while ignoring the real danger all around us

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The 'New York Times' attacks e-bikes while ignoring the real danger all around us

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Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml • 11 months ago

Recent articles in the 'New York Times' about e-bike safety have been largely absent of analysis on the things killing e-bike riders: cars.

The New York Times published a pair of articles this weekend highlighting the rising number of deaths of cyclists riding electric bikes. However, in one of the most impressive feats of victim-blaming I’ve seen from the publication in some time, the NYT lays the onus on e-bikes instead of on the things killing their law abiding riders: cars.

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Speeds of a motorcycle?? Most ebikes top out at 28mph. You can go that fast on a normal road bike if you’re in shape too.

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