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[โ€“] bstix@feddit.dk 9 points 11 months ago

30 km/h is somewhere around the point where pedestrians can walk away from a collision with a car. Not unharmed but likely without broken bones.

Yes you can bike faster, but a bike has much less mass so they're less dangerous for pedestrians in collisions.