• TheMirkMan@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    rejects bycicle lanes, Which the state is spending a lot of money for

    does not respect the road rules

    Get hit by a car

    Gets compensation

    Truly a Chad moment

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      3 months ago

      Most bike lanes are worse than riding on a road unfortunately. Especially for confidant cyclists.

      I equally hate those that break/bend the rules of the road, whether on bikes or in vehicles.

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        Exactly. If those lanes exist, they’re right next to parking, and I’m much more worried about getting doored than hit from behind by a car. Nobody looks at their mirrors before getting out of the car…

        If there’s a good bike lane, I’ll take it every time.

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          3 months ago

          I find the ones on roundabouts near me insulting, instead of being on the road and having right of way, you now have to sprint across two lanes of traffic without any right of way. - more dangerous!

          Most of the rest are just wide pavements. Technically segregated, but you have to give way on every side road (when your not manoeuvrering around entire families) - technically safer, but not nice to use.

          The rest are just short and spit you back out onto the road without and protection or markings.

          London has some good ones though.

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      3 months ago

      bicycle lanes are usually death gutters. they’re better than nothing but it can be safer to not use them depending on where you are

      there should be separated bicycle paths/lanes separated by barriers that motor vehicles can’t… y’know… easily go into or open their door in front of

      also I have legitimately never seen people on bicycles disrespecting road laws unless those road laws enforce something that is unsafe. like disallowing rolling stops. car drivers violate road laws all the time though, not including speeding but i’m pretty sure almost every driver sees speeding as normal too

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        I have legitimately never seen people on bicycles disrespecting road laws unless those road laws enforce something that is unsafe

        Come to Philly where you can see guys on fixies blowing through red lights without even looking left and right first. Or go anywhere and see people (of all ages, surprisingly) riding against traffic on the wrong side of the road - something that is the perfect blend of illegal and stupid, although not quite as illegal and stupid as the first thing I mentioned here.