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[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 21 hours ago (66 children)

I dare you to travel on your own bicycle in the depths of winter across the USA in the same timeframe as a car.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Checkmate liberals-tier comment. Why did you even post this?

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[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 5 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I dare you to cross the Atlantic in a car.

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[–] HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Because it's harder to kill someone by hitting them with it.

But in all seriousness, you can go a lot farther, a lot faster, across much worse terrain and weather in a car than a bike.

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[–] missandry351@lemmings.world -4 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

Because people with disabilities and chronic illness exist, and because depending on the distance it’s not possible to go by bike and depending on the terrain it’s also no possible. Oh and the weather I forgot the weather… oh and in some roads, like highways, for example, these can’t even drive there:..

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[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

The one downside is that a lot of people I know have had some nasty accidents and broke a bone or something. Sure, in cars you are also at the risk of kissing a tree at highway speed, but bike accidents feel a lot more common and have a lot less protective metal involved

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