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The article cites bike lanes in residential neighborhoods being less safe. I've never found bike lanes to be useful in such an environment anyway. Taking into a
by jogjayr 9y ago
The article cites bike lanes in residential neighborhoods being less safe. I've never found bike lanes to be useful in such an environment anyway. Taking into account traffic and stop signs bikes are effectively already as fast as cars and don't need special treatment. On multi-lane roads with speed limits > 35mph is where bike lanes become more useful.
- theparanoid 9y agoBy law bikes in CA are supposed to stop at stop signs [0]. Most cyclists ignore it. [0] http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-cycling-collisions-20131002-story.html http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-cycling-coll...
- electricEmu 9y agoFor your statement is correct. The article does not back your second statement up. Please don't draw conclusions of fact where there are none.
- cmurf 9y agoIt's less safe for bicyclists to stop because they have to dismount and remount. But even less safe than that is the inconsistency. If the law was that bikes had to slow down within e.g. 50 feet of an intersection to ~8 mph, and then had the right of way like a pedestrian in a cross walk, that would be followed much more consistenty than stop signs applying to bikes. Some municipalities let bicylists treat stop signs as yield signs, and that's also safer because it's more consistently followed.