> You are far more likely to get hit by a bike than a car

99% of pedestrian deaths result from collisions with cars, not bikes [1].

> electric "bicycles" are actually just electric motorcycles with auxiliary pedals and as such should require a license to drive

99.9% of “motor vehicle collisions that resulted in injuries [in 2018] were caused by e-bikes” [2]. A link is provided to the data; I doubt they’ve materially increased.

I share your frustration with bikers ignoring traffic rules. But dangerous bikers, even e-bikers, pale in consequence to cars.

[1] https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/nycdot-pedestrian...

[2] https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2019/04/18/damn-lies-and-statist...