New research suggests riders and city planners need to make changes to keep people safe.

  • Annoyed_🦀
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    274 months ago

    Raja, who is executive vice chair of emergency medicine at Mass General Brigham, said injured older riders he treats often spontaneously decided to rent an e-bike.

    “They will walk out of a building and see a rental and say, ‘I will use one of these,’” he said. “That spontaneity means they don’t have a helmet or much experience.”

    So, skill issue.

    Remind me of this video https://youtu.be/2JYJF9L5YW4

    • @PugJesus
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      94 months ago

      That spontaneity means they don’t have a helmet

      the fuck is going through their head, other than a steel pole

      • @Etterra
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        44 months ago

        Finite amounts of blood.

    • @Valmond
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      54 months ago

      Some are close to light motorbikes too. Hey gramps, go drive a motorbike without helmet or knowledge!!

      • @Sylvartas
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        84 months ago

        Yeah I have a friend who owns one that is much more powerful than a motorbike. Dude gets in full biker gear (including backplate and motorcycling helmet) to drive it at full power

      • @[email protected]
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        24 months ago

        I see so many super old people on ebikes and non of them wear a helmet, ever. I saw 2 blood puddles at the side of the road with an old person and a bicycle on the side of the road in the past two years.