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by stouset 15y ago
Or, alternatively, how oblivious drivers are to the true human cost to their mode of transportation. Let's take New York, since it wasn't too hard to find relevant data. Data can be found at: http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/Statistics/2010
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by stouset 15y ago
Most people here are arguing that it isn't even wrong. If nobody's coming, you have clear visibility and lines of sight, there's absolutely no rational argument for this behavior being a "dangerous" action on behalf of either cyclists or pe
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by stouset 15y ago
No, no, no. You don't understand. _I'm_ different. _I'm_ not part of the problem. Everyone else is, you see.
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by stouset 15y ago
> Do you have an example of "someone using <vehicle> did <unsafe thing>" where it wouldn't be considered way more egregious if someone did it in a car than a bike? Speeding, for one. Talking on the phone or texting while
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by stouset 15y ago
Bullshit. Simply by choosing to ride a bike, a cyclist makes the roads so much safer (comparatively) for everyone else, they could cycle backwards through the streets while blindfolded and it would _still_ likely be a net benefit to the saf
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by stouset 15y ago
Please stop commenting on this topic until you have the slightest damn idea of what you're talking about. http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/09/so...
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by stouset 15y ago
My money's on something related to Google+.
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by stouset 15y ago
Apologies. I unintentionally mixed some numbers. My typical ride was 30 minutes, on a route with few traffic lights. That's an average of 15mph, which is pretty tame. 20 minutes was my _record_, with me hauling ass as fast as I could possib
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by stouset 15y ago
Actually, I live in Atlanta. It's really not as bad as you think — cycling generates wind, which keeps you cool. You don't have to expend more energy on a bike than you would otherwise on your walk. So if you can manage to walk without swea
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by stouset 15y ago
It's amazing how many excuses people manage to come up with for how it's impossible for them to follow this kind of advice. Turns out, it's impossible up until the point that you just shut up and start doing it. Sweating is only a problem f
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by stouset 15y ago
The equivalent price of three snarky subculture-identification T-shirts.
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by stouset 15y ago
Compare: cost of a tailored suit, cost of a pair of jeans and T-shirt.
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by stouset 15y ago
Because nice clothes are the epitome of form over function: they aren't comfortable to wear (loose fit == airflow), they're more expensive than is reasonable, and "good taste" in dress is mostly arbitrary. T-shirts and jeans are comfortable
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by stouset 15y ago
Unfortunately, on the macro-scale, we've run out of green pieces of paper and are actually just issuing them IOUs at a higher value than the cost of the goods. In layman's terms, we're cashing out our hard-earned savings for meaningless, di