Oregon Senate passes 'Trenton's' e-bike law; sends to Kotek for signature
www.centraloregondaily.com
The Oregon Senate passed a bill updating laws around electric bicycles on Monday. It's named for a Bend teen killed in a collision while riding an e-bike last summer.
    • SuiXi3D@fedia.io
      132·
      9 months ago

      I agree, but we don’t live in that world. Until our governments start giving a shit, we gotta do what we gotta do. If we’re going to be forced to share the road with two ton death machines, it only makes sense to ensure that they can at least see us.

    • ShadowRam@fedia.io
      211·
      9 months ago

      I’m not following your line of thinking.

      If we banished all cars, and people where on dedicated E-Bike/Bike roads, you assume dangerous collisions at night would just disappear?

      • biddy@feddit.nlEnglish
        151·
        9 months ago

        Yes. Collisions are far less likely when the vehicles are smaller, and far less deadly when the vehicles are slower and less massive.

        • ShadowRam@fedia.io
          36·
          9 months ago

          Collisions are far less likely when the vehicles are smaller Citation? Why would smaller mean less collisions?

          far less deadly when the vehicles are slower and less massive = Correct

          But both of your points have NOTHING to do with the topic “People shouldnt need to be neon colored”

          They still require to be more visible to each other when travelling at E-bike speeds at night.

          • biddy@feddit.nlEnglish
            71·
            9 months ago

            Why would smaller mean less collisions?

            Easier to dodge. Less physical area to hit.

            I’m not arguing that people shouldn’t wear hi-viz, lights, ect. Of course they should. But we need to stop blaming cyclists when cars are the thing actually causing the harm. I’m trying to find a link to statistics on numbers of deadly crashes not involving a car, I recall seeing it somewhere and it was less than 1%.