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Right in the middle of a cycle path is extremely obvious though. You basically have to not be paying attention for an extended period of time if you want to run
by Aeolun 3y ago
Right in the middle of a cycle path is extremely obvious though. You basically have to not be paying attention for an extended period of time if you want to run into them.
- rexf 3y agoIt's entirely possible someone is cycling and has reduced vision (sunset, evening time, sun in your eyes, etc.) or isn't 100% focused for a few seconds (while thinking about something else). Putting any physical obstacle in the middle of a path is a very odd and dangerous choice.
- persnickety 3y agoIt only takes about 2 seconds. Ask me how I know.
- Aeolun 3y agoTwo seconds is an eternity depending on your speed. If you can’t see two seconds of travel ahead, you better not stop paying attention for that time.
- persnickety 3y agoIt's true, as exemplified by a scratched bike. Still, it happens, and the designer of the infrastructure must be aware of that. To take the devil's advocate role, people will keep traveling long after they exhausted their ability to pay attention, and/or keep reasonable distance from the next one in the front.
- Aeolun 3y ago> people will keep traveling long after they exhausted their ability to pay attention, and/or keep reasonable distance from the next one in the front While this is true, we haven’t stopped selling knives because a few people use them irresponsibly. By the same token, we shouldn’t discount infrastructure because a few people drive when they shouldn’t.
- arp242 3y agoNot if there are others in front of you obscuring your view. Or maybe you need to avoid someone else and you hit it. Tons of reasons you can hit them other than "not paying attention".
- Aeolun 3y agoWhy are you so close to the person in front of you in the first place? You should be far enough back that you can come to a stop to avoid exactly that issue. Also, why would you need to avoid anything? It’s (from the description) right at the end of the path.
- arp242 3y agoBecause it's busy? Because you're cycling in a group of ten people? The person in front of you avoids the bollard, which suddenly comes in to view and you have 3 seconds to see it and react (without crashing into anything or anyone else). Usually this is okay. Sometimes it's not. This sort of thing happens to pedestrians too.
- alistairSH 3y agoYou'd think so, but reality shows it's a dangerous design for whatever reason. We need to engineer roads and paths for actual humans, who are flawed.