Re: A Bicycle Safety Parable

On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 07:52:38 +0200, Wolfgang Strobl
<news5@mystrobl.de> wrote:

Am Sun, 21 Jul 2024 04:19:23 -0400 schrieb Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org>:
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On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 09:11:58 +0200, Wolfgang Strobl
<news5@mystrobl.de> wrote:
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Am Sat, 20 Jul 2024 15:46:53 -0400 schrieb Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org>:
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On Sat, 20 Jul 2024 13:19:02 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
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On 7/20/2024 1:08 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

https://bicycledriving.com/law/a-bicycle-safety-parable
 
 

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+1
I fought those fights against The Planners all my life. And
lost every time.

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For what it's worth. I am opposed to any "bikeway"  that is not
totally isolated from vehicular traffic and parked cars (bike lanes).

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That is completely missing the point.

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I thought one of the points was about disliking bike lanes.

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The general point was, bikes _are_ vehicular traffic and should operate
by the rules for vehicular traffic. No need for bike lanes or other
types of isolation.

What made the guy in that article, or you, for that matter, qualified
to decide what other people should do.

Did you really read the text linked above? I very much doubt it.

Oh, I did read the fear mongering text, and thought most of it was
nonsense. I did agree with what he said about bike lane, however.