• unexposedhazard
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      9 days ago

      I havent heard of any cyclists getting killed, only motorcyclists. Correct me if im wrong.

      • BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world
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        9 days ago

        It’s less about the vehicle, I would imagine, and more about the speed.

        Yeah, just peddling your bike along a plateau or uphill, you probably wouldn’t be going fast enough to be killed by it. Thrown off your bike and hurt, potentially seriously/fatally, sure, but I don’t think it’d be likely.

        Going downhill though, approaching speeds a dirt bike could do? I could see that decapitating/killing someone, particularly if they use wire. If someone were looking to do harm, they’d put the wires at the bottom of a hill or grade.

        But, I’ve mostly only seen this kind of stuff done on trails frequented by motorcyclists, presumably because the local residents/homeowners don’t like the noise of the engines or how they may tear up the trails. Which, to me, is like moving next to a farm and then shooting at the cows because they moo…