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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can safely say I've never witnessed or experienced a car going 140 or 160mph. And since I know I am driving a large heavy metal object I do take some care to avoid accidents, particularly with unprotected pedestrians.

But on a daily basis I witness near misses with bikers who refuse to obey basic traffic rules. Just this morning I was stopped at a red light, watching as a mom/kiddo pair and a city worker emptying garbage cans were nearly hit TWICE - first by a biker who served and then by a stupid electric scooter rider (headphones, no helmet.) Seriously people it's ridiculous.[/quote]

Plenty of people have experienced cars going to 90MPH though, and for some of them it was the last thing they ever experienced.

There are loads of near misses caused by autos.  And hits - including injuries, serious injuries, and deaths.

Note well, that a bike rider who its a pedestrian is as likely to be hurt as the pedestrian, so to some degree there is a natural deterrent to riding recklessly around pedestrians.   Not so much for autos, where the only deterrents are insurance and guilt.   [/quote]

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