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> Roads are specifically engineered for cars, full stop. I understand where you're coming from, but I respectfully disagree. Perhaps where you live they are,
by msandford 12y ago
> Roads are specifically engineered for cars, full stop.
I understand where you're coming from, but I respectfully disagree. Perhaps where you live they are, but there are many places where they are not.
I agree that getting cyclists off the car traffic lanes and into designated cycling lanes is the best solution to these issues.
Does the fact that some cyclists get away with running stop signs (which many cars also run, or merely slow down rather than "full and complete stop" at) somehow offset the fact that when cyclists die at the hands of a driver little to nothing happens to said driver?
Personally I think that cyclist deaths and the lack of consequence for drivers is a problem. And I'm all for ticketing cyclists who blatantly run stop signs; less so of ticketing cyclists who slowly roll through stop signs the same way many drivers do.
What's fair is fair and if cars can get away with it then cyclists should too. If cars can't, cyclists shouldn't either.
- bane 12y agoThere's a little over 4 million roads in the U.S. (streets to highways) about 3 million of those are non-urban paved. So even if the remaining million miles of road are all designed specifically for bikes, I can guarantee the other 3 million were not. > What's fair is fair and if cars can get away with it then cyclists should too. If cars can't, cyclists shouldn't either. I absolutely agree.