• pewter@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I bet those people are doing it for economic reasons, not environmental ones. A bicycle is probably the most dangerous form of transportation for you to have your kid on.

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      1 year ago

      How us bicycle more dangerous than cars?

      Sure cars have all the safety features for people on the inside, but on a bike you’re exposed to much slower speeds and better field of view. Bike accidents have much smaller fatality rate than car accidents.

      Unless of course you mean cycling among cars is less safe, but that argument just confirms that cars are unsafe, not bikes. Bikes are not dangerous. Cars are.

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      1 year ago

      It wouldn’t be any dangerous if car and bike infrastructure was structurally separated (and if there were far fewer cars).

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            1 year ago

            Of course, but if my vehicle was the only vehicle in the world, I’d still feel like a 2 year old kid on the back of my bike going 7 miles is more dangerous than on a bus, train, or even a car over the same distance.

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              1 year ago

              Fair enough, a seat on the back is the least safe option to transport kids.

              There are options like this though. Seatbelts, low position, side walls.

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                1 year ago

                I don’t mind this too much, but I’d want more padding for the kid and an extra wheel in the back for stability.