• Delta_V@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    Bikers really need their own infrastructure that’s kept entirely apart from where cars are. Bikes and cars sharing the same road is terrifyingly unsafe for both.

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      1 year ago

      “unsafe for both”? What is the bike going to do to the car? Scratch the paint? Get blood on the tires?

      That said, I agree that separated bike infrastructure saves lives and encourages biking by making people feel safer.

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        1 year ago

        Easy enough to imagine a driver (understandably) swerving to avoid killing a cyclist and losing control of the car

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          1 year ago

          Not to mention the psychological effects if an accident does happen… ‘Unsafe’ doesn’t have to only mean physical injury or death…