You won’t convince me on this one. Common sense tells me it can’t be “safe” when something has no real protection at all. What surprises me even more is that there’s no regulation about it, in a country where almost every aspect of life is tightly controlled. It feels just as strange as how e‑scooters suddenly became acceptable overnight.
Personally, I’d never transport any living being in one of those boxes, neither a child nor an animal. In the end, it’s not your own speed that matters, but that of the others on the road, and no amount of balance helps when you’re up against a ton of steel. And even putting others aside, one careless move of your own can be enough. At 10 or 15 km/h, it might not sound like much, but that’s still more than enough to create a very sad situation.
What surprises me even more is that there’s no regulation about it,
There is regulation about lights and reflexes, to make bikes visible in traffic. But safety comes mostly from low speed. IDK if they are mandatory for children, but many people use helmets.
They are obviously just as safe as normal bicycles, and way safer than a moped and 1000 times safer than a motorbike.
The risk of a dangerous accident is way higher in a car. 2 bikes bumping into each other or into a pedestrian rarely cause any injury at all.
I have concerns about children in the cargo spot. Are helmets and any kind of safety seats mandatory for children as passengers in this vehicles in Germany?
I am not in Germany, and have no idea about German regulation, I am in Denmark. These bikes are extremely popular in Denmark and Netherlands more so than in Germany.
Your concerns are based on unfamiliarity with the concept. Some of the things you suggest are really really far out and irrelevant in reality.
So this Denmark you mentioned earlier, is that a parallel universe where cargo bikes have airbags and small turning radii? Did you end up here through some kind of rift in space-time, or are you from a completely different dimension, dude?
You won’t convince me on this one. Common sense tells me it can’t be “safe” when something has no real protection at all. What surprises me even more is that there’s no regulation about it, in a country where almost every aspect of life is tightly controlled. It feels just as strange as how e‑scooters suddenly became acceptable overnight.
Personally, I’d never transport any living being in one of those boxes, neither a child nor an animal. In the end, it’s not your own speed that matters, but that of the others on the road, and no amount of balance helps when you’re up against a ton of steel. And even putting others aside, one careless move of your own can be enough. At 10 or 15 km/h, it might not sound like much, but that’s still more than enough to create a very sad situation.
There is regulation about lights and reflexes, to make bikes visible in traffic. But safety comes mostly from low speed. IDK if they are mandatory for children, but many people use helmets.
They are obviously just as safe as normal bicycles, and way safer than a moped and 1000 times safer than a motorbike.
The risk of a dangerous accident is way higher in a car. 2 bikes bumping into each other or into a pedestrian rarely cause any injury at all.
I have concerns about children in the cargo spot. Are helmets and any kind of safety seats mandatory for children as passengers in this vehicles in Germany?
I am not in Germany, and have no idea about German regulation, I am in Denmark. These bikes are extremely popular in Denmark and Netherlands more so than in Germany.
Your concerns are based on unfamiliarity with the concept. Some of the things you suggest are really really far out and irrelevant in reality.
Which of them?
For instance turning radius and airbags
And what’s wrong about it? Does that cargo bike have a small turning radius and airbags?
Exactly, you don’t know shit about what you are talking about.
So this Denmark you mentioned earlier, is that a parallel universe where cargo bikes have airbags and small turning radii? Did you end up here through some kind of rift in space-time, or are you from a completely different dimension, dude?