Embrace The E-Bike Boom By Rethinking Safety And Transportation

11 Sep 2024 | Abstracted from San Diego Union Tribune

"We've normalized the greater danger of cars while fearing the lesser danger of e-bikes...Now consider which is the real threat: a 28 mph, 50-pound e-bike or a 4,000-pound-plus vehicle capable of over 100 mph... threat isn't from "untrained" bike riders, as many claim. It's from distracted drivers...86 crashes involving e-bikes...88 percent involved a car or truck.

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