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There is no "flying into the picture from the blind side" with normal bicyclists. They are timid and non-athletic. They often cross roads with their feet on the

by tropo 7y ago

There is no "flying into the picture from the blind side" with normal bicyclists. They are timid and non-athletic. They often cross roads with their feet on the ground, walking the bicycle across. If they ride across the street, it is after stopping to wait for traffic. There would be many more of these normal bicyclists if they didn't have to choose between legal danger (on sidewalk) and extreme physical danger (on road).

saltcured 7y ago
The accidents and near accidents I have witnessed in Los Angeles are people on wheels moving at ~10 MPH or higher against the flow of traffic on the shoulder or in a crosswalk. Dramatically faster than a walking pedestrian. People moving at these speeds on wheels also make unwise maneuvers to conserve momentum, unlike most joggers. As a third party observing several of these events, I noticed that the cyclist/scooter rider/skateboarder more often accelerates to attempt to make a stale light as well, quite the opposite of normal pedestrian patterns. This has only gotten worse in recent years, with many more people having motor-assisted wheeled contraptions and not a lot of common sense about their newfound speed.