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> And the same person is a driver on one day and a biker on another. Yes, but cyclists try to act like pedestrians and move at speeds typical of vehicles. Ped
by u801e 7y ago
> And the same person is a driver on one day and a biker on another.
Yes, but cyclists try to act like pedestrians and move at speeds typical of vehicles. Pedestrians typically move between 2 to 6 mph. Cyclists move between 10 to 30 mph.
While a motorist can see a pedestrian approaching a crosswalk and yield to them, it's much harder for them to see a cyclist in time to yield to them because of how much faster they move.
Also, if cyclists switch between pedestrian mode and vehicle mode constantly, it makes it much harder to predict what they will do for both motorists and pedestrians. When people can't predict what will happen, then a collision is much more likely.
- mynameisvlad 7y agoYou've completely missed the parent's point. It's not productive to lump every cyclist together, or every driver together. At the end of the day, people are people, and some people who happen to be cyclist are shitty, while others who happen to be drivers are assholes. But that doesn't mean ALL cyclists are assholes, or all drivers.
- u801e 7y agoI never said that all cyclists, motorists, or pedestrians are "assholes". I just said that if a cyclist tries to act like a pedestrian at cyclist speed, then collisions (with pedestrians and/or motorists) are more likely.
- mynameisvlad 7y agoYou used if by the end of your comment, but it literally starts with "Yes, but cyclists try to act like pedestrians and move at speeds typical of vehicles."