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> The safest road is one never used.

The safest road is one without motor vehicles. Pedestrians and bicycles cause a tiny number of injuries even when traffic is high.




Cyclist hitting a pedestrian at 20mph is more dangerous than 2 cars hitting each other.


Are there suddenly no pedestrians and cyclists on the roads with the cars? A cyclist hitting a pedestrian at 30km/h (fucking fast for a normal cyclist btw) is a rounding error both in terms of how much it happens and how deadly it is compared to a car hitting a pedestrian at 30km/h




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