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In a sense that already exists, as I’m pretty sure there are extra plan benefits if you opt-in to more surveillance.

Yeah, I’m fucking done with cars. Can’t afford em anyway.

Whatever money that went into this study could have been used on something less stupid.

The advantage that even a regular tricycle has over a bicycle is that it can remain upright on its own. A bike wants to fall, and that continues to be a problem no matter how good your traction is on ice, because even the smallest slip sends you straight to the ground.

The disadvantage of trikes is that they are generally very slow and cumbersome. Some bikes can feel like a real slog to try to commute on.

Snow, ice, and high winds are mainly what I’m referring to. A big enough gust from the wrong angle can pretty easily throw you off a bike, or send it veering in the wrong direction briefly at least (not to mention the struggle against headwinds).

Snow is one problem, but ice is the worst. I’ve used everything from studded tires to fat tire bikes, and they all have the same problem: two-wheeled vehicles want to fall down. A recumbent trike on the other hand is much closer to the ground, and stays upright by default. It virtually solves all of the aforementioned problems, while also being much more comfortable to sit on.

With recumbent two-wheelers, there’s a small bit of awkwardness maintaining balance as you go from a stop to a start. Other than that, the only real issue is that you can’t stand up when you’re riding up hills. All you can do is drop the gear and keep pedaling.

Personally I think it’s well worth the issues they solve, trikes especially. They’re much more comfortable. The trikes are much more resilient to bursts of wind, and the stability makes them much better for winter riding.

They’re more expensive, but recumbents do already solve this problem.

Would still like to try an alternative to saddles on regular bikes though.