• Zagorath@aussie.zoneOP
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      I’m confused, are you blaming cyclists for getting into crashes?

      Did you know that, statistically speaking, cyclists and drivers break the law at roughly the same rate? But that when cyclists break the law, it is very frequently done in the interest of improving their own safety. Whereas drivers tend to break the law out of convenience.

      • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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        6 days ago

        Every time you get behind the wheel of a car, you kill fractional human beings. Some from emissions, some from collisions, but statistically, for every km traveled, some fraction of a human being dies. Casually going to the convenience store for some smokes has a moral component. People hate it when things they want to do have a moral component. They will convince themselves that black is white and up is down to avoid engaging with it.

      • futatorius@lemm.ee
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        6 days ago

        I think the starting assumption in any accident investigation should be that it’s the driver’s fault. That’d encourage appropriate caution. But it’s undeniable that some cyclists (and pedestrians) are suicidally reckless.

    • deur@feddit.nl
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      6 days ago

      Yeah dumbass, like cyclists are just BEGGING to get killed by YOU. Self important dickwad.

    • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zip
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      6 days ago

      Do you say “it’s always the damn car driver” when you saw another car do something stupid?

      But of course, it’s the cyclist that is bad.