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I see nothing about the humans outside of the metal clown cars. Meanwhile e-bikes are growing, and pedestrians and other road user die needlessly to oversized vehicles driven by anyone with a pulse due to lax licensing rules.

Fix licensing, make vehicles safe for those walking/biking not just those in other clown cars.

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I agree. DOT needs to be more than the Department of Cars and Highways.

Wear retro reflectors and high visibility at night:

No amount of driver training can change the fact we have the oldest average driving age in history, and with that comes poor eyesight.

No amount of reflectors will help you when the guy who kills you only notices you as a bump he felt after looking up from the phone. Just put concrete down on the bike lane divider.

It’s about turning the risk knob, everything help.

You could wear something brighter than the sun blasting train horn sounds in a 360 and still get nailed by some clown mobile. It’ll be deemed an accident, person will get at most a ticket.

As the addage goes, wanna murder someone? Use a car, it’s an accident don’t you know?

That’s always true, even for motorcyclists.

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