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Vancouver safe street advocate hit by car on way home from advocacy meeting (www.nationalobserver.com)

submitted 12 hours ago by brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.ca to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

She was on a scooter attempting to turn left, amd the car was coming from behind her and tried to overtake on the left?

Was she turning from the left side or middle of the lane with a turn indicator on? Hopefully, we'll get more details. Obviously, you shouldn't just pass a stopped vehicle on the left side at full speed, indicator or not. You need to slow down and figure out what they're doing. If they're on the right side of their lane, then maybe you think they're pulled over and are not expecting them to suddenly go left.

[–] brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think we gotta litigate who's fault it is she got hurt; I don't think it matters much. If she's not at fault that doesn't make the driver a bad person or bad driver. If she is at fault that doesn't make her a bad person or bad scooter...operator? rider? (Actually is Scoot-er a person who scoots?)

Accidents happen, and more cars (or electric scooters for that matter) make them more likely and more dangerous even if everyone is doing the best that can realistically be done!

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Thanos has a way to cut traffic accidents by more than half!

One way to improve safety would be better training of car drivers and possibly include other forms of motorized transportation. I'm not sure how regulated scooters are in BC.

[–] brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

lol I’m no statistician but I feel like a thanos snap would reduce car accidents by way more than half…it’s like that quirk about how you only need 23 people in a room for there to be a 50% chance two of them share a birthday!

Still, I expect that if the safe street folks had their way there’d be a lot less trauma than if thanos did.

Frankly, I’m a grouchy old man I guess because I hate the electric scooters. Get a bike! They’re way less dangerous because of the physics of falling down from one hahaha