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I live in Baltimore and for many of the trips in my daily life a bike is faster than a car because I don't get stuck in traffic and I don't have to look for par

I live in Baltimore and for many of the trips in my daily life a bike is faster than a car because I don't get stuck in traffic and I don't have to look for parking, but biking has other disadvantages. Most seriously, the safety of biking is highly questionable, since there are very few bike lanes, so you end up weaving among cars that do not give one crap about your safety. In addition, since Baltimore is harbor town, there's a pretty good slope and going up hill is no fun. That said, I see a fair number of rent-a-scooters every day. It seems like they could become popular enough to force the creation of more protected lanes.

PopeDotNinja 7y ago
In San Francisco there's a good chance your destination will not have a safe, designated place for biking. That increases the chances of it getting stolen by quite a bit.
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- on_and_off 7y ago
  I am in San Francisco, last mile vehicles are a good solution to the theft problem since you are going to carry them with you. It does nothing for the fact that the roads are often in a pretty bad state and more importantly that you share the streets with cars. I already had an asshole bump his car on my legs apparently voluntarily. I know that some riders wear gopro constantly in order to document this kind of occurrences. And even aside from these extreme morons, inattentive drivers are pretty dangerous. I can't wait for the day where there will be a dedicated segregated bike lane on market. That will be a good start.
kiliantics 7y ago
> so you end up weaving among cars that do not give one crap about your safety Well it's not really possible for cars to give a crap. It's the drivers we need to point out here. And drivers are people. People who are literally okay with other humans dying from the one tonne machines they drive around at high momentum and with recklessly little attention (texting, etc.) This behaviour should be rightfully vilified as psychotic, rather than normalised through statements about "cars". The media almost always uses language that absolves humans of their chosen actions that lead to tragic incidents.

PopeDotNinja 7y ago

In San Francisco there's a good chance your destination will not have a safe, designated place for biking. That increases the chances of it getting stolen by quite a bit.

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on_and_off 7y ago
I am in San Francisco, last mile vehicles are a good solution to the theft problem since you are going to carry them with you. It does nothing for the fact that the roads are often in a pretty bad state and more importantly that you share the streets with cars. I already had an asshole bump his car on my legs apparently voluntarily. I know that some riders wear gopro constantly in order to document this kind of occurrences. And even aside from these extreme morons, inattentive drivers are pretty dangerous. I can't wait for the day where there will be a dedicated segregated bike lane on market. That will be a good start.

kiliantics 7y ago

> so you end up weaving among cars that do not give one crap about your safety Well it's not really possible for cars to give a crap. It's the drivers we need to point out here. And drivers are people. People who are literally okay with other humans dying from the one tonne machines they drive around at high momentum and with recklessly little attention (texting, etc.) This behaviour should be rightfully vilified as psychotic, rather than normalised through statements about "cars". The media almost always uses language that absolves humans of their chosen actions that lead to tragic incidents.