Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago[meme] Why do people only seem to mean cars when they talk about electric and/or autonomous vehicles?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square252fedilinkarrow-up1964arrow-down176
arrow-up1888arrow-down1image[meme] Why do people only seem to mean cars when they talk about electric and/or autonomous vehicles?lemmy.worldFried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square252fedilink
minus-squareS_204@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoI know a guy who hit a pothole on an electric bike, bounced him off…he broke his neck on the landing. He’s doing alright now, he reffed basketball for decades and the community really is rallying around him to support but he’ll never recover to 100%. There’s a risk with these things that should be factored in to the cost benefit.
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I know a guy who hit a pothole on an electric bike, bounced him off…he broke his neck on the landing.
He’s doing alright now, he reffed basketball for decades and the community really is rallying around him to support but he’ll never recover to 100%.
There’s a risk with these things that should be factored in to the cost benefit.