I’ve never worried about putting my life in someone’s hands when I climb into the car with them. It seems like a pretty safe venture. If I ever was so desperate for a ride that I had to get on one of these clown bikes, my safety in another rider’s hands would be my first thought. As much as I love the zero-carbon footprint from the ride, there’s no way I could subject myself to the embarrassment of being hauled around on a trike by some idiot other than myself. This pedicab driver ran head-on into a car cab heading to Brooklyn from Manhattan during the morning rush, and the rider and passenger went to the hospital. This situation is kind of like when you injure yourself during a kickball game and tell everyone at work it was a baseball injury. In this case, you’d have to tell people you were hit by car while riding your bike, and leave out the part about sitting in the backseat.