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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Sounds like a lot of bikers I see blowing through red lights and stop signs. Obey the rules of the road or get on the sidewalk like a normal pedestrian.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I'm the one making the comment and you're the one assuming I did something wrong because I was on a bicycle? Or is this "a lot" exaggerated and biaised?

Anyway the said rules where I live is that riding on sidewalks is illegal. Cyclists are not pedestrians and should not be mixed with them.

I was legally on a cycle path, had priority, there was no light. I was cut then slapped by the driver making an illegal move, and you're first thought is to point out that "lots of bikers blow red lights"?! What?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago

Cyclists are not pedestrians

Wrong. Going by weight, speed, visibility, protection and turning radius cyclists are much closer to pedestrians than 2 ton vehicles going 35 mph. That's basic physics.

And it's not illegal to ride on the sidewalks where I live. Not that legality has any bearing on what is logical. Laws are made up for those who whine the most or have the most money, not what is logical.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Well actually, its usually much safer for a cyclists to keep moving at an intersection like that. It takes far less time for them to clear the intersection than coming to a full dead stop and starting again. I can see and hear everything on approach much better than anyone inside a 2 ton metal box. In some places its perfectly legal for a bicycle to treat stop sighs like a give way.

Getting on the sidewalk often has its own hazards, like the sidewalk randomly ending and starting again for no reason, people, and shop doors.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It is not safer to blow through a 4 way stop with a blind corner at 20 mph. I nearly hit a cyclist because of them doing that.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

Getting on the sidewalk often has its own hazards,

You know what has hazards? Riding in the road unprotected from 2 ton heavy machinery. You couldn't pay me to ride in the street when there are sidewalks available.

It's pure selfishness to demand others be responsible for your safety.