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You can have all the time you need, if you slow down.
by valuearb 9y ago
You 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.