Lenexa Police say two people were injured, one seriously, when an impaired driver hit them as they were riding their bicycles on Thursday evening.

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    1 year ago

    At least they didn’t title it as “Bicycle collides with vehicle” this time

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      1 year ago

      By putting bicycle at the start of the news article, it makes the topic about bike riders instead of the topic being about bad driving.

      See the impression titles give, just by the ordering of the words:

      “Bicycle riders hit by car” - cycling is dangerous and don’t belong on the road

      “Car hits bicycle riders” - how sad, poor cyclists, irresponsible driver

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      1 year ago

      Murderous cyclists try to run over disabled innocent driving a 1.5 ton metal machine.