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There is no way in hell I would let my kid cycle on the vast majority of "cycle lanes", and suggesting that I should let her wobble around until she builds comp
by CalRobert 8y ago
There is no way in hell I would let my kid cycle on the vast majority of "cycle lanes", and suggesting that I should let her wobble around until she builds competence or dies is ridiculous.
Vehicular cycling has set back actual progress in safe infrastructure by decades and is woefully ill-informed about the needs of anyone other than fit, adult, experienced cyclists with excellent vision, hearing, and reflexes.
If you wouldn't let your 8 or 80 year old relative use it, it's crap bike infrastructure.
- provolone 8y agoSeems like we went everywhere from age 8 via bicycle. No supervision, just be back for dinner. Worked out fine and there were no designated bicycle lanes.
- Symbiote 8y agoWithout saying when and where you lived at age 8, this is a pretty useless comment. Aged 8, I was in the UK in the 1990s. - Most children went to the nearest school (no longer the case with increased choice from parents) - The tabloid "paedo-fear" thing hadn't really set in, so more children were allowed outside unsupervised. - There were fewer people, and fewer working people [1] - The number of car trips has gone up (although not much), and the number of walking trips has gone down massively [1] - The number of children being driven to school (on a parent's way to work) has increased massively [1]. That presumably adds traffic at the worst possible place and time for children who could otherwise walk or cycle to school. [1] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/657839/commuting-in-england-1988-2015.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...