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Cars are less likely to try running you over in a blind rage if they see a sharrow. I experience way more aggression when I'm cycling on roads without them.
by AlotOfReading 6y ago
Cars are less likely to try running you over in a blind rage if they see a sharrow. I experience way more aggression when I'm cycling on roads without them.
- klyrs 6y agoAnd yet, I've been honked at by a city bus for taking up the lane in a very quiet residential area
- corytheboyd 6y agoI know it’s hard because it happened to you, but it was just once. We throw out polls with tiny sample sizes as unreliable proof, a single ding against taking the lane shouldn’t discredit the entire mission of iteratively improving bicycle infrastructure. Though yeah it’s really frustrating when it does happen, I’ve been there and I’ll give you that haha
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- richk449 6y agoTo me, this is part of the problem. It should never be acceptable to drive aggressively towards bikers. Sharrows seem to imply that there are certain locations where it is necessary to accept bikers - which leaves the question: what about everywhere else?
- AlotOfReading 6y agoIn an ideal world, I fully agree with you. It's already the case that bikes are permitted everywhere, so let's just enforce that. However, it's already the case that bikes are allowed everywhere and drivers are still aggressive. If printing some text on roads improves safety, I value that more than what ought to be.