Erich Z on Nostr: There has been a deluge of articles in the last couple weeks about the danger of ...
There has been a deluge of articles in the last couple weeks about the danger of #eBikes and California's push to require licensing to ride them.
As a bike rider it's never surprising to see the media and drivers blame riders for their own deaths, no matter how egregious the driver error was. And some of the cited examples are quite egregious.
But this push for education and licensing made me wonder:
How effective is Driver's Ed at improving road safety?
Not at all.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8142340/
As a bike rider it's never surprising to see the media and drivers blame riders for their own deaths, no matter how egregious the driver error was. And some of the cited examples are quite egregious.
But this push for education and licensing made me wonder:
How effective is Driver's Ed at improving road safety?
Not at all.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8142340/