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Seconding this. American cyclists are extremely rude to pedestrians. Whenever somebody brings this up, cyclists dismiss it by pointing out that cars kill more
by lupusreal 3y ago
Seconding this. American cyclists are extremely rude to pedestrians. Whenever somebody brings this up, cyclists dismiss it by pointing out that cars kill more pedestrians than bikes. Well that's certainly true, but I've never had cars yell at me for walking on the sidewalk or over a crosswalk, while cyclists have hurled abuse and (deliberate) near misses at me more times than I can count.
- alistairSH 3y agoAnd a driver assaulted me with his car last week (I was on a bike in a "sharrow" lane). Almost put me into the ditch, and when I didn't fall, he proceeded to brake-check me. I've had food thrown at me by motorists when I'm in dedicated bike lanes. I've been buzzed by trucks and buses while in bike lanes. I see cars regularly use the bike lane outside my house to make aggressive passes of slower auto traffic. Pedestrians have been killed crossing the streets near my house. All by cars, not bicycles. Cars regularly kill animals. And not just squirrels, but raptors and fox and other predators we don't want to lose. And on and on. We all have our anecdotes. The answer is dedicated infrastructure for a range of transportation.
- SamBam 3y ago> but I've never had cars yell at me for walking ... over a crosswalk You don't live in Boston, I see.
- lupusreal 3y agoTrue, I don't. I recognize that driver and pedestrian culture are very different indifferent cities. However a significant number of cyclists seem to hate pedestrians everywhere I've gone. To the other responder, I agree that cars are frequently assholes to cyclists, but how is that relevant to cyclists abusing pedestrians?
- PawgerZ 3y agoYou have. They're just cussing you out in their cars, where you can't hear them.