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teachrdanyesterday at 8:22 PM1 replyview on HN

You are either very paranoid or very bad at math. The odds of a pedestrian getting killed by a cyclist are minuscule. The best data I could find making an apples-to-apples comparison showed that pedestrians are *160 times* more likely to be killed by a car than a bicyclist.

https://transport.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2021-11/collisio...


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Saline9515yesterday at 9:28 PM

Odds are conditional though.

As a father, I think that the odds are quite high that a 3 years old child will get hit by a cyclist, especially if they ride on the sidewalk. I have had several stressful close calls with my son, and my pregnant wife was hit by a cyclist who didn't respect the red light (as it is the custom among the high lords of the road).

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