We asked everyone outside a car to be safe so that drivers can be dangerous

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]
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    24 days ago

    The second part of your statement is patently false; a visible, predictable bicyclist is safest.

    That has been entirely contrary to my personal experience of twenty years of bicycling. I can’t help but wonder if you’re trying to get bicyclists killed.

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      24 days ago

      Oh knock off the drama. Like I’ve never ridden or own bikes. Advocating lights and safety equipment isn’t “trying to get bicyclists killed”. What backwards bizarro logic.

      News flash, cars aren’t responsible for your safety; you are. Being proactive is the best advice.

      But go ahead, you do you; wear that camo vest. Lmao.

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        23 days ago

        I’m not saying I’m not responsible for my safety. I’m saying motorists can’t be trusted with responding safely to a visible bicycle, and are consistently more predictable when they’re not confused by a brightly lit obstacle.

        At least this is the case in the Bay Area. Maybe it’s different in Paris or Amsterdam. It’s better where bicycles have their own paths or a reserved lanes that don’t conflict with street parking.

        It sounds like you trust motorists to share the road with you and yet argue they aren’t responsible for the safety of bicyclists. Regarding that, I agree with you. They are not responsible for my safety. I am.

        I’m looking for the patent falseness of my statement which you asserted without references, and not finding it. Perhaps you can elaborate?

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        23 days ago

        The recklessness of my youth (which I will admit) is incidental to the antagonism between motorists and bicyclists in the US.