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Old 02-02-2023, 11:17 AM
Andy340 Andy340 is offline
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Originally Posted by GoJavs View Post
My wife and I go out for walks late in the afternoon around here - say 6 pm or so. We are generally very attentive. After all, we live in South Florida were anything goes (unleashed big dogs, cars backing out without looking)...

A new wrinkle: the occasional e-bike flying on the sidewalk. We'll see where it all goes, but a 70 lb e-bike hitting someone square at 20-25 mph sounds like a broken femur waiting to happen.
I see this too in SoCal and close to elementary school - 70 lb e-bike at speed hitting a young child walking to school could be much worse than a broken femur.
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