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Some worry that New York City’s crackdown on unsafe cyclists leaves them facing greater consequences than drivers, even though cars cause more fatalities.

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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

10 kph is about 6 mph, which is walking speed. Cycling would be closer to twice that, or more.

[-] Damage@feddit.it 5 points 2 weeks ago

Nah, walking speed is ~5kph, and a good pace on a bike is about 20kph

[-] errer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

That’s 4x the speed and thus 16x the kinetic energy. It’s quite a big difference.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, like I said, cycling would be closer to 20 kph, which is twice 10 kph.

[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago
[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

The numbers they pulled out of their ass are off by at least a factor of two.

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