Comment by jacquesm

4 years ago

Scooters are a plague (and this bike is classed as a scooter, unfortunately, so I'm lumped in with the worst), but a bigger danger is mobile phone use by cyclists. That's roughly 1/3rd of all the adults and 2/3rds of the teenagers here.

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_Understated_  4 years ago

> but a bigger danger is mobile phone use by cyclists.

Or by pedestrians!

My brother curses the number of pedestrians in Glasgow that cross the road while looking at their phones... they're by far his biggest hazard.

  • pawelwentpawel  4 years ago

    Screen-zombie pedestrians annoy me as well. So do uneven pavements, trash, rocks and any other obstacles that appear on my way. If I'm on an electric scooter or a bike though it's my responsibility to ensure that I'm not riding a silent, heavy and fast vehicle into someone. Especially if they can't see me because I'm approaching from behind. And to emphasise - there is an entire range of pedestrians that might have a disability (mobility issues, seeing, hearing etc.) which makes them much more vulnerable to accidents.

    • jacquesm  4 years ago

      Absolutely. But spending time on your mobile phone has no place in traffic and that has nothing to do with being disabled. It's just being grossly disrespectful towards others and endangering them and yourself.

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  • Dylan16807  4 years ago

    Roads are way too biased toward cars and away from pedestrians, and if this is what it takes to reclaim them then I'm all for it.

megablast  4 years ago

The biggest danger is cars that kill 2 million people every year around the world.

Everything else is so tiny as to not count.