• Baines@lemmy.world
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      are bicyclists on the road? you should be able to see them same as a car

      poor visibility of sight lanes is a different issue all together and should result on a no right turn on red sign, I have one I drive through daily due to a hill on the left

      real cause is larger trucks and suvs mean most people can’t see the road in front of them

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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        What people “should” do and what people actually do are two very separate concepts. Most days I ride a large motorcycle with giant panniers on it, covered by reflective shit and wearing high-viz clothing. Drivers look right at me and still don’t see me, because their stupid little brains are not trained to process anything smaller than an oncoming SUV.

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        Where I live we have a lot of separated bike lanes where most cities have sidewalks. So yes there are bikes on what you incorrectly identified as a sidewalk .

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        All competent bikers ride on the road. Children and elderly and beginners ride on the sidewalk. The sidewalk is actually more dangerous because of driveways. I never see cars check before zooming straight into the street. I had commuted by bike for nearly 20 years, been hit by cars 4 times and nearly wiped out countless other times. I don’t understand why cars have more rights than pedestrians and bicyclists on the road. Whatever protects pedestrians more should be automatically applied.

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      All I hear in your excuses is, “I don’t pay attention to my surroundings until I arrive at a crossing”. Sorry but I think you’re the danger on the road based on this.

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      Cyclists should not be coming from the right (unless it’s a two-way bike lane on one sided but I’ve only ever seen those on a one-way).