Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago[meme] Why do people only seem to mean cars when they talk about electric and/or autonomous vehicles?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square199fedilinkarrow-up1938
arrow-up1938image[meme] Why do people only seem to mean cars when they talk about electric and/or autonomous vehicles?lemmy.worldFried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square199fedilink
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 years agoBicycles are one of the most energy-efficient ways to travel, and electric ones even more so. But absolutely no one refers to them as “vehicles”…
minus-squareBakwerk@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoOf course they’re vehicles. When you’re riding a bicycle you are operating a vehicle in traffic, like any other. What would you call them otherwise?
minus-squareHardlightCereal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoPerhaps it would be more accurate to say nobody refers to vehicles as bikes
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Bicycles are one of the most energy-efficient ways to travel, and electric ones even more so. But absolutely no one refers to them as “vehicles”…
Of course they’re vehicles. When you’re riding a bicycle you are operating a vehicle in traffic, like any other. What would you call them otherwise?
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say nobody refers to vehicles as bikes