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If its dangerous only to drivers, and the drivers are aware of the dangers, why should it be banned?

Some people love spending their time doing stuff that is inherently dangerous, even if it means that they might not live as long as the rest of us. And why stop them, seems like hell to be forced to live a long but unfulfilling life. We all die in the end anyway.

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Being "aware of" a risk is not enough to make it disappear. It might not be enough to even mitigate it. Why would you think that?

Also, no, most drivers are obviously not aware of the dangers. Anyone on two wheels who wants to survive treats every car driver as a dangerous psychopath until proven otherwise.

You can always accept the risk, even if you can't mitigate or avoid it you can live with it.

Why do you assume that people who are willing to drive for 8 days with around 8 hours of sleep, supported by teams are not aware that there might be some risk involved with driving a bicycle?

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