Originally Posted by
jon c.
Not sure if you're intentionally missing the point or not.
I'll take the charitable view and assume so.
...thank you. I still don't get it. This exchange you quoted started out as the simple discussion of how force, which increases with both speed and mass, increase the severity of injury statisitics.
I am never, ever, going to have mass approaching that of the other occupants of the traffic lanes. I can pedal pretty fast in the same direction, but I'm always going to lose in the event of a conflict...even with a swell e-bike.
I am old enough to sort of understand and weigh those risks. Younger individuals lack the resources for informed consent. Thus the suggestions in the various posts and links for more regulation in the marketplace.