Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago[meme] Why do people only seem to mean cars when they talk about electric and/or autonomous vehicles?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square243fedilinkarrow-up1947arrow-down176
arrow-up1871arrow-down1image[meme] Why do people only seem to mean cars when they talk about electric and/or autonomous vehicles?lemmy.worldFried_out_Kombi@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square243fedilink
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down3·11 months agoBicycles are one of the most energy-efficient ways to travel, and electric ones even more so. But absolutely no one refers to them as “vehicles”…
minus-squareBakwerk@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·11 months agoOf course they’re vehicles. When you’re riding a bicycle you are operating a vehicle in traffic, like any other. What would you call them otherwise?
minus-squareHardlightCereal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·11 months agoPerhaps it would be more accurate to say nobody refers to vehicles as bikes
Bicycles are one of the most energy-efficient ways to travel, and electric ones even more so. But absolutely no one refers to them as “vehicles”…
Of course they’re vehicles. When you’re riding a bicycle you are operating a vehicle in traffic, like any other. What would you call them otherwise?
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say nobody refers to vehicles as bikes