Posted on 09/07/2019 5:09:00 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
In 2019, more and more cities across America are encouraging their residents to commute by bicycle. Cycling, of course, is good for the environment in terms of reducing pollution from car-dominant streets, and it’s a healthier way to travel.
But cities gaining new cyclists are quickly, tragically finding that they do not have the proper infrastructure to keep them safe. Cyclist fatalities have gone up 25 percent across the U.S. since 2010, and up 10 percent in 2018 itself, while all other traffic fatalities have decreased.
And it matters where you live: 75 percent of these cyclist deaths occur in urban areas. New York City became the most dangerous city for cyclists in 2019 with 19 deaths to date—almost double the total in 2018.
(Excerpt) Read more at vice.com ...
Pray tell how is it you have determined to an ontological certainty that it's most bicyclists.
Or are you simply casting baseless aspersions?
It’s all fun & games until someone pokes your eye out... LoL
How many people brake with their left foot? I drive both automatic and manual transmission cars. The only time I use the left foot is to engage the clutch on the manual transmission car. Does anybody in FR land use their left foot to brake?
I have actually determined that they all are jackasses. I act accordingly. By that I mean that I am in a complete losing proposition on the risk/reward scale. I do not want to hurt them. By treating every single bicycler as a jackass I slow way down. I give them a wide berth. I do everything that they want me (and expect me) to do. I watch them frequently break rule after rule after rule. Yep, all jackasses. But I do everything they want me to do cause I am not wanting to go to prison for manslaughter nor do I want the death of any human being on my conscience (not even jackasses).
This thread is very depressing. I ride a lot - with folks that average around 65yo. The vast majority of my biking associates, and me, are conservative Republicans. Yes, we wear spandex - elsewhere in this thread others explain why - function. And no, we don’t ignore traffic laws - at least not any more than all the drivers I see rolling stop signs and right turns on red, and speeding. Base assertions (2) - first, very very little road money is spent on biking and pedestrian paths or lanes. Assertion 2 - Drivers (including those commenting here) don’t recognize the difference in vulnerability between bicyclists and the SUV they are driving - and their special responsibility to watch out, much like one would watch out for a child in a crosswalk. And, I’m tired of hearing about bicyclists not having licenses or paying taxes - every one I know owns a car, has a license, and pays taxes (4 cars between the two of us, so plenty of taxes/insurance).
You’re a girl......when you said Capris.......I thought a man in Capris.....odd....I thought you a man for most of the thread
I live a few miles from spandex bike people epicenter for Tennessee
The Trace near Nashville to around the Columbia to Centerville Hwy...Hwy 50 I think
On weekends many bicyclists and the Trace rangers on weekends I think give them right of way over cars
And they take it ....I don’t want to kill anybody even liberals so I watch for them
Having been a motorcyclists in my youth I instinctively look for motorcycles but you can still miss one
It has been very difficult for me to see our beautiful wide avenues destroyed. First Broadway at Times Square and Herald Square, for the tourist plazas, and then many of the other avenues, including most recently Central Park West, for the bike lanes.
The neighborhood around CPW complained about loss of parking spaces, so they instituted not only a bike lane but also diagonal parking from the bike lane into the roadway. What was once a glorious avenue next to the park is now a continual traffic jam cluttered with cars poking out into the street.
Anyone wants to drop someone off at Trump Tower and Hotel can’t help but hold up buses, cabs, and all the rest of it.
Blasio is like a three-year-old playing Design Your Own City.
Yes, I’m a girl. :-) I’m in Athens, as in The Battle of Athens, except that I live in the country on a farm. We don’t see a lot of spandex wearing women on bikes around here. Those we do see are young.
Same here. 👍
Actually I don’t have any problem with the spandex. I don’t care for the gay riders strutting around much but I do know conservatives that wear them. Heck, if I wasn’t a 64 year old female I might wear them too but I am, so I don’t. I get annoyed at the Freepers that think all cyclists are trash. A good many of us are conservatives. The only thing I know about the reasons for spandex were what I read while lurking in a liberal bike forum. Most of them are all about speed and admit that they do it to go faster. Wearing them to prevent chafing is accurate though and understandable. My dog’s Vet is a conservative former military engineer that was in Desert Storm. She rides a mountain bike competitively. She wears spandex and I think it’s all fine.
WTF???
I thought that was somewhat one sided myself. I live with militant bikers in the People’s Democracy of Seattle. There are also motorists totally clueless to their surroundings. That’s tough on bicyclists.
I think he was funnin’.
There are equally rude people on both sides. I have run up on a lot of rude cyclists while walking my dogs on the greenway but not all cyclists are that way.
“All cyclists ARE smug, stupid leftist Luddites in spandex”
As an old cyclist riding since 1980 I will agree ..Most lean left but there are some conservatives.
I don't know about FR but in general, many people do. You see them on the road, cruising along with their brake lights lit when no braking is called for. They probably wonder why their gas mileage isn't what it should be, and why they have to replace their brakes so often.
You might ponder that, here in The People's Republic of Oregon, a 4 speed box and a clutch makes your car all but theft proof. The extra dexterity required seems to be beyond Leftists.
I do the bulk 80% of my bicycle riding on taxpayer funded greenways. The other 20 percent is on rural roads in my township. I do some riding on the road for two reasons. The first is I live in a very hilly area and I need to work on my hill pulling abilities. The second is because it’s convenient.
When I ride on the road I stay as far to the right as possible, I wear easy to see clothes, I maintain a situational awareness and I stay out of everyone’s way. Still, I’m somewhat concerned that most drivers are playing chicken with me so I usually ride early in the morning.
I’m not a liberal far from it but me and spandex are not total strangers. What I really don’t like are jerseys that have a bunch of advertising on them. It is true that the bicycling world is flooded with libs but not everyone.
One of the reasons why I have never weighed over 150 pounds is because I ride a bike. My sister taught me how to ride a bike when I was 5 years old and I have been riding since. I was the kid in 8th grade that was always taking about bikes.
Living out your principles is bound to cost something...
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