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> I've often wondered if this contributes to bad driving around cyclists, e.g., "punishment passes". Of course it does, just like the few drivers who cavalierl
by BlackFly 8y ago
> I've often wondered if this contributes to bad driving around cyclists, e.g., "punishment passes".
Of course it does, just like the few drivers who cavalierly pass a cyclist then make a right hand turn in front of them causing a collision or near collision contributes to cyclist animosity towards all drivers. The only thing unforgivable to most people is the proof that the people around us are humans and not robots: they make mistakes, they change their mind, they break the rules.
The point of these articles is to point out that creating the infrastructure properly eases most of the tension. Treating a bicycle as a separate form of transportation is better than treating them like a vehicle in most scenarios and making some limited exceptions for passing or driving on the sidewalk.
- btrettel 8y ago> The point of these articles is to point out that creating the infrastructure properly eases most of the tension. I'm not sure it's mainly an infrastructure problem. In my experience, US style infrastructure tends to amplify conflicts at intersections. The right hooks you mention become a lot more common, sometimes to the point where I refuse to use a particular facility solely because of this. But, it does make many newbie cyclists feel safer, which is important. Ultimately I think we need a combination of the intersection protection measures mentioned in the article and also driver education to solve this problem.