Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago[meme] Why do people only seem to mean cars when they talk about electric and/or autonomous vehicles?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10
arrow-up138arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year 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-up0·11 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-up0arrow-down1·11 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