Whenever media, politicians, people or even the police complain about dangerous cyclists, with their reckless driving, without a helmet, without a light, please remember it is a distraction. They don't want you to know the truth, because they love their cars more than the neighbors children.
I kindly ask you to remind them of this table whenever the topic comes up. For example: 'yes, cyclists should have a light to reduce danger, but remember that the car is the bigger danger by far. Always. And whenever we ignore that, we accept the loss of lives.' This is not whataboutism, because regarding safety, the numbers clearly show which culprit to urgently address first.
Even if the car was more dangerous in the past and safety regulations have helped: these numbers are from 2022. If you feel safer driving in a car, instead of walking or cycling: look for the deaths for car-on-car collisions.
There is no way around this: if we have that many cars driving fast, we will have that many deaths.
Thank you!
Sources:
similar matrix but for cities only
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As much as I hate cars for environemental reasons and for the lacke of quality experience in transit and its overall unreliability (being stuck on the side of the rode). Its the fact that the biggest chance of me hurting or being hurt by people is by driving or being a passenger in a car. Honestly its hard to say which is higher on my list. The enviroment or the chance of harming folks. The rest is not far behind though.
It's all in the name of harm. You can probably group the reasons for the broader picture.
yeah its basically hate the harm which covers both then the unreliability. if a bus breaks down I get on the next bus. and lastly the general quality. even with public transit im walking or biking a bit between. Was using a folder with my transit system for awhile and it was amazing even though the folder is kinda pants vs a real bike. wish I had the money to grap a full size folder or a big fish.