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This just sounds sort of hopeless. I don't bike anymore ( got rid of my last bike during a move ). I certainly wasn't comfortable in high density mixed USA sub
by ArkyBeagle 11y ago
This just sounds sort of hopeless.
I don't bike anymore ( got rid of my last bike during a move ). I certainly wasn't comfortable in high density mixed USA suburban traffic.
The cognitive load on drivers for just motorcycles is pretty high. Bicycles make it even more complex.
From just watching what people do in cars with other cars, I am skeptical that even rudimentary driving safety is widely understood. Turn signals are rarely used, nobody preserves their intervals and people form patterns in traffic they can't recover from.
- stegosaurus 11y agoYou're probably right! I haven't been to the US, but my stereotypical picture is wide, sweeping grid like roads, which result in drivers going fast. The UK isn't really like that especially in metro areas. In London the highway code plays second fiddle to a general 'be alert all the time and be courteous' type system. I think that cycling properly (not just at the side forever) on roads where drivers aim to be hitting 40mph constantly is a dream, really. Too high a speed difference. In inner London, though, likely you will be cycling 10-20mph while cars drive at 20-30mph. Is that not the case in NYC for example? Are your roads just too straight and easy to use so drivers gun it? (It's well known that narrow roads result in unconscious slowing).
- ArkyBeagle 11y agoI don't know about NYC. (Downtown) Montreal seems to be a great place to use a bike, though. There's no way the law has more bandwidth than "stay alert all the time". I still encounter the odd cyclist who doesn't take care to stay out of my blind spot. Very unnerving.