You know what sticks out to me? It’s almost 10 times more likely for your ICE car to have a fire then an E bike is to have one. Why do we keep hearing about this in the news? Why are more and more homes and businesses restricting bikes? Who stand to gain from this misinformation ?

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...but hot damn was that a close call. To reiterate, I had a walk signal. At the same time, three other drivers, coming from three different directions, were given permission to use their judgement about whether it was safe to drive into my path. (6)