It's been fun replacing American goods and services with Canadian and not-American alternatives.
In many cases, you end up with better products anyway.
Showroom7561
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Nope. Amazon Prime, YouTube Premium, Netflix, etc. will all still track your behaviour, collect your data to be used against you, and still make you the product.
Corporate greed and enshittification have ruined everything.
Speed doesn't get you around faster in urban areas, especially not in residential neighbourhoods, because stop signs and traffic lights (when not ignored) extend your trip more.
That's why as a cyclist, I'm often catching up to cars going 3-4x faster than me. And when cars are queued up at stops, I'm often passing those "fast" cars, too.
But 30km/h is less likely to kill people, which is a good thing.
I do agree that it's better to be more visible, but that still shifts the responsibility away from the driver.
Wearing headphones is a pet peeve of mine, and I encounter pedestrians on trails all the time (multiple times per ride) who wear them. But it's still my responsibility as a cyclist to pass with caution.
And honestly, you said it yourself. "Nearly" hit. Could've been worse if you weren't wearing high-viz clothing.
Nope. These were inattentive drivers who should have noticed me (as a pedestrian or cyclist) well before making their turns.
I wear high viz, ride with lights day and night, added additional reflectors, have tires with sidewall reflectors, and even have one bike that's high viz yellow! But I do it mostly so I could never be blamed for being invisible, and I sure as hell know that someone looking down at their phone while driving will still miss me.
Of course, I've experienced this myself (pedestrians wearing all back on trails at night).
But the responsibility still rests with the driver.
In this case, it was argued that their view was obstructed, which should have meant they slowed down and paid attention even more. Nobody should be driving blindly.
The cyclist here did have a rear light, and was rear ended.
Not wearing appropriate clothing and headphones while on the road is a fair point though.
I've nearly been hit several times (like tires screaching to a halt) while wearing high-viz clothing with the right of way.
It makes no difference when the driver isn't paying attention.
There's always an excuse for drivers.
If a driver isn't paying attention, it doesn't matter what colour a cyclist's clothing are, or that they had a helmet on, or insanely bright lights.
And if excuses are being shifted onto cyclists, what about pedestrians and buildings that drivers smash into on a regular basis? What excuse do you have then?
Religious texts, such as the Bible, will be allowed on the shelves.
... as most of the books Nicolaides said he was looking to take off shelves deal with 2SLGBTQ+ subject matter.
Have the Satanic Temple republish those books so they remain accessible.
Meh. He'll change his mind at least 15 more times before Aug 1st.
Made in Russia and Made in Taiwan are on the same level of respect??? 🤔
Our local news outlet is FULL of sponsored articles from casinos. It's gross and turns me off from their platform.
If you've got to use ads and sponsored posts, at least feature wholesome local businesses.
I just filed a complaint with one of the local Regions about the horrific mess of debris in their marked, on-street bike lanes.
I even specifically asked if street sweepers are cleaning the bike lanes, or if they are just using them to dump road debris on.
I was told that because these roads are busy, debris ends up in the bike lanes. Fine, I can accept that.
Except...
The same and similar stretches of road without bike lanes do NOT have this debris on it. It's quite literally only the bike lanes that do.
For example:
Bike lanes:
And this just after the bike lane ends:
This same example came up closer to the urban population:
Leading up to the bike lanes:
Bike lane is just ahead:
Road debris starts as soon as the bike lane starts, and gets worse as you continue.
And magically disappear once the bike lane is no longer on the road:
I've been on that route three times in the last year, and the conditions of the bike lanes has been exactly the same.
Just to point out, I've ridden on plenty of on-street bike lanes, as well as roads with urban and rural paved shoulders in other areas, and they don't exhibit this pattern of debris physics.
Yes, some places have bad bike lanes, but their shoulders are also a mess. This just doesn't seem to be the case here.
Was I just gaslit, bad luck, or does this seem like a massive coincidence spanning dozens of kilometres?
A few weeks back, this grocery store set out these plant racks that essentially blocked the walkway, except for a small strip running parallel to the curb (only one person at a time could pass through, as you can see).
At that time, I helped a senior lady who was using a walker to get through it, because she could have easily fallen off the curb if the wheel slipped over the edge.
So I let the store management know that it was dangerous and they needed to give people more space.
Today, I noticed that they put a skid down, completely blocking the narrow path.
This forces people to walk between the plant racks, which is even more narrow. Coupled with the fact that some of the plants are put on the ground (lazy customers??), so you actually can't pass without some major maneuvering.
Someone at the store surely must realize how bad of an idea this is. Or is doing it out of spite.
And to make matters worse, behind where this photo is taken is plenty of open space to put those plant racks. I know this because there used to be a bike rack, but it was removed and never replaced... 😡
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Consistent with dementia and incompetence.