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keyjan t1_je30kcu wrote

Reply to comment by Elite_dragonslayer96 in Scooter Rider Dies Months After Being Struck By Hit-Run Driver In Northwest DC, Police Say by Tommys2Turnt

Eh, I dunno; a few years ago, I watched a guy on a scooter run down a pedestrian. A couple nights ago, I watched 2 scooter riders crash into each other in the 9th St bike lanes. However, it’s true that scooters on their own are much less deadly, since their speed is a lot lower than cars and they’re featherweights.

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Elite_dragonslayer96 t1_je39aol wrote

I agree with you, there are plenty of reckless scooter riders out there and I hate when they whiz by me on the sidewalk. But a reckless person in a car is way more deadly than a reckless person on a scooter.

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the_bagel_warmonger t1_je5op07 wrote

Yes, reckless scooter riders/bikers exist, but so do reckless drivers. And if all those reckless drivers were instead reckless scooter riders, we'd save ~40 thousand American lives per year.

It's just not even in the same universe.

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