PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Member of the Public on E-bike Safety and Personal Experience
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A member of the public shared their experience as a cyclist and advocate for human-powered transportation, followed by a personal account of being hit by an e-bike. The speaker suffered injuries requiring hospitalization and surgery, emphasizing the need for better e-bike regulation and safety measures.
- Compared cycling infrastructure and enforcement in European cities like Amsterdam to NYC
- Described being hit by an e-bike delivery driver going the wrong direction while on their phone
- Detailed injuries sustained, including a broken ankle requiring surgery and months of physical therapy
UNKNOWN
6:32:25
Hi.
6:32:27
As miss miss Zimmerman, I've ridden my bicycle in European countries, and it is true, in a city like Amsterdam, you have half of the big like, the equivalent of Third Avenue.
6:32:42
Half of it is cyclist.
6:32:44
And if you even go out past the line, someone will come over and there's tickets given.
6:32:52
There's tickets given if someone doesn't have a bell and there's an onus on the society that they agree to abide by the law because, a, that's just what they're used to and they wouldn't think otherwise.
6:33:09
That and I have been a proponent of human powered transportation.
6:33:15
I've been a city cyclist, a city rollerblader, an urban kayaker.
6:33:22
I've been on a lot of boards, you know, about human powered transportation.
6:33:28
Fast forward to 2 years ago, I was hit by an e bike going the wrong direction while he was reading his phone.
6:33:40
It was a delivery driver.
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I was thrown about 6 feet and thankfully I I landed like a table, so it didn't hurt my head like some of the other people.
6:33:54
But I I was unable to walk, you know, to stand up.
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I needed to be supported.
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I broke my ankle, and I had to be taken by FDNY ambulance to, Northwell.
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I was in the hospital for 3 days getting surgery you know, one surgery, and then I actually had to have a second surgery to take out the hardware.
6:34:21
Yeah.
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I probably had 6 months of PT, and I'm very, very lucky as compared to somebody like Lucille Loecker.
6:34:30
Thank you.
