Sahwa@reddthat.com to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 5 days agoComo mayor bans bikes in city centre after being hit ‘by one of these beasts’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkComo mayor bans bikes in city centre after being hit ‘by one of these beasts’www.theguardian.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squaretormeh@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoTo be fair I can’t imagine anyone driving faster than 20km/h in the center of Como. Those streets can barely fit any cars.
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoBeing hit by a car at 20km/hr would still be much worse than being hit by a bike.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agogiven a car is 4300lbs on average, and a bike/cyclist is about 180lbs total, a car hits you at any speed with 24X more energy.
minus-squarebirdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoCan confirm. Got hit by a bike once. A single night in hospital, a week of recovery and that was it. A car, though… nope. Dead.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoGlad you got over your death.
To be fair I can’t imagine anyone driving faster than 20km/h in the center of Como. Those streets can barely fit any cars.
Being hit by a car at 20km/hr would still be much worse than being hit by a bike.
given a car is 4300lbs on average, and a bike/cyclist is about 180lbs total, a car hits you at any speed with 24X more energy.
Can confirm. Got hit by a bike once.
A single night in hospital, a week of recovery and that was it.
A car, though… nope. Dead.
Glad you got over your death.