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Research ideas for the TU Delft Bicycle Laboratorium
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Auto drivers that maim and kill bicyclists are often let of the hook in the US with minimal or no consequences #47

Open moorepants opened 2 years ago

moorepants commented 2 years ago

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Here's a recent example:

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/liberty-county-bike-crash-kent-wosepka-16582033.php

It would be nice to quantify this across the country in some way that tests the hypothesis that the drivers are systematically given no consequences relative to other similar offenses. Sad thing is that this pretty much goes for all car crashes. The general populace considers death and injury due to car crash as a necessary evil instead of a preventable evil.

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