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As a cyclist you may have less than one second to avoid an opening car door. You can't always give a wide berth because bike lanes in the US are usually very na
by enraged_camel 9y ago
As a cyclist you may have less than one second to avoid an opening car door. You can't always give a wide berth because bike lanes in the US are usually very narrow.
- valuearb 9y agoYou can have all the time you need, if you slow down.
- mikeash 9y agoDo you apply the same logic to intersections? You never know when someone might blow through a red light, so you'd better go through every intersection at 2MPH so you have enough time to stop if they do.
- valuearb 9y agoI do when I’m driving, I slow enough so I can clearly see both ways before I go through.
- enraged_camel 9y agoYou do realize that unexpected slow downs also result in many accidents, right? The behavior you just described is more risky than the default.
- valuearb 9y agono it’s not, i’m not stopping in intersections. I’m not exceeding the speed limit, I’m going a little less. Fast enough to see oncoming traffic and not to be rear ended.
- mikeash 9y agoGoing a little less than the speed limit is not nearly enough. If someone stopped at the perpendicular red light suddenly floored it, you wouldn't have enough time to stop. The maximum safe speed through a typical intersection is probably only about 10MPH. Less if there's not much room between the stopped traffic and your lane.
- ghostly_s 9y agoRight, the problem with infrastructure today is that cyclists are just riding too dang fast.
- mjhoy 9y ago> You can't always give a wide berth because bike lanes in the US are usually very narrow. That doesn't mean you can't give wide berth. Take the lane if the bike lane puts you too close to car doors. If there's one thing I've learned from biking in US cities, it is to never trust bike lanes to be safe.
- enraged_camel 9y ago>>That doesn't mean you can't give wide berth. You can't give wide berth because most bike lanes in the US don't have enough space. And let's face it: would you rather risk getting hit by someone opening their car door, or getting clipped by a vehicle moving at 40 mph plus?
- mjhoy 9y agoThe latter. That’s my point.
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