Urban cyclists, and what to do about them.

[Magewout]

Originally Posted by Afrobean

Again, I point you to the fact that typical urban roads are of a vastly different breed than bike paths.


Right, I'd be walking. You know, it's that thing that has an even lesser monetary cost than a bicycle.

Not to mention that walking on a sidewalk is safer for me than riding a bicyle in the street, and it's also safer for fellow pedestrians compared to cycling on the sidewalk.


That's illegal.

Yeah, sure, put bicycles on the road, but don't make them follow traffic laws. Great idea!


Not necessarily. If the infrastructure is modified to support them things wouldn't be much worse, and for the few pedestrians that it could be worse for, I submit that it's better for those pedestrians to be deterred than the bicyclist to be in the unsafe environment of the common roads with automobiles.

Because they've been adapted to also allow cars on them, not to allow only cars on them.

In terms of time efficiency vs. cost of transportation, bikes > cars > walking.

If you wear a helmet and a fluorescent shirt, bikes are safe, unless there's some blind or drunk car driver out there, and in that case it's not the biker who should adapt.

Is that illegal? Wtf. Well everyone knows your government is retarded so yeah. It isn't in civilized countries (read: Europe).

I know from experience that biking on the sidewalk is a hundred times more dangerous, especially if parents with their kids in one of those carts (don't know the English word) take up all the space.