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I'm actually surprised the numbers aren't a lot higher. The bike path I ride to work goes through the local university and is split into three parts: one for w
by jlarocco 10y ago
I'm actually surprised the numbers aren't a lot higher.
The bike path I ride to work goes through the local university and is split into three parts: one for walking, and two cycling (one for each direction). They're clearly marked, and it gets enough traffic that most people make sure to use the correct lane.
Almost every day, though, I ride past at least one person walking in the cycling lanes, headphones on, eyes glued to their phone, not paying any attention whatsoever to where they're going. Worse still, I've seen cyclists on their phones, riding down the walk lane, or the wrong way in one of the cycle lanes.
- mjevans 10y agoI think Capetian America: Civil War, in the beginning of the film, featured a little safety piece about this. The "On your left" call out. That verbal reminder is great and exactly what everyone SHOULD be doing.
- doingmyting 10y agoI do agree with you on this in theory but to be honest I personally hate this. 9 times out of 10 the person shouting "on your left" startles me and my brain goes into overdrive frantically trying to calculate which side he is on with respect to my own position and trying to get my limbs moving in the opposite direction. The twist is that I'm usually not in the way to begin with most of the time. Now I'm not sure how to solve this conundrum but I'd rather be more inclined to believe we need better design than resorting to strangers shouting their ever-changing location.
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- jlarocco 10y agoI would say, "obviously,", but in reality "on your left" doesn't even help most of the time because of the headphones. I think you're underestimating just how oblivious people can be.
- ams6110 10y agoTHe "on your left" call-out was commonly heard on the Lake Shore Drive bike/pedestrian path in Chicago. Pedestrians, skaters, and cyclists mostly coexisted without incident. It was the pre smartphone era though when I lived there.
- FullMtlAlcoholc 10y ago> I ride past at least one person walking in the cycling lanes, headphones on, eyes glued to their phone, not paying any attention whatsoever to where they're going. Ugh. If you're walking with your phone, at least hold the screen in front of you level with your eyes so you can see ahead of yourself instead of looking at the ground.