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>then the streets are not safe for biking. Nonsense. I regularly rode on such roads from childhood until recently, a period of some 30 years, and during all ti
by stevetrewick 11y ago
>then the streets are not safe for biking.
Nonsense. I regularly rode on such roads from childhood until recently, a period of some 30 years, and during all time I was at allegro of vision below legally blind. I have had precisely two accidents involving vehicles, one of which was stationary.
I have zero sympathy with people who say roads are not safe. Learn some situational awareness and anticipation and get off the damn pavement. If you're so terrified you're creeping along on the sidewalk you might as well just give in and get the bus.
- MereInterest 11y agoSituational awareness only helps if you have options. If I am biking at 15 mph, every car around me is still going at triple my speed. If there were a car or two passing me each minute, then I could slow down and pull over for each one. When there is a constant stream of cars, I would need to trust every one of them to notice me. I don't trust drivers that much. The only true solution is separated bike paths, but that doesn't seem likely to happen in the US.