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> it is perfectly safe for me to ride sidewalks But it's not for pedestrians I bet that if cars were allowed to drive on sidewalks their ride would be faster

• benrbray 6y ago
  In bicycle-friendly cities, it is a common rule that bicycles are allowed on sidewalks, provided that they respect pedestrians. It is entirely possible to safely operate a bicycle on a sidewalk. Yes, accidents do happen. However, is is extremely rare that pedestrian-bicycle accidents are serious.
  • romanoderoma 6y ago
    > In bicycle-friendly cities, ... there are far more accidents involving bikes and pedestrians Everything it's entirely possible in theory It's entirely possible to not steal from others, so why we have laws against it and the police enforcing the law?
    • benrbray 6y ago
      ...and fewer accidents involving cars and pedestrians ...because more people use bicycles ...because it's safer to do so compared to bicycle-unfriendly cities ...where there are far more car-bicycle and car-pedestrian accidents (for road fatalities, compare e.g. USA with Japan or anywhere in Europe on this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r... )
      • romanoderoma 6y ago
        Nope The two things don't follow Bikers are drivers too I would argue that if you only drive sometimes and not usually, you are more dangerous (reflexes are built with training and excercise) Italy, especially Rome, has one of the highest number of cars per capita (Rome if I remember correctly has 73 cars every 100 inhabitants, making it the most car crowded city of the west) It's not much worse than Netherlands or Germany and does better than the US.