Re: bike path news

On 3/10/2025 9:56 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 3/10/2025 8:11 PM, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/10/2025 6:21 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 3/10/2025 2:38 PM, AMuzi wrote:

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People form their own opinions and arrange their own behavior based on their own situation.

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Yes - or based on their own phobias. I know people who are horribly afraid of spiders, garter snakes, honeybees, graveyards and more.
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Smart? No. Logical? No. But at least they're not carrying lethal weaponry.
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My daughter for example used to take the train to work in inclement or bitter cold Chicago winters.
No longer. ...

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You're the anecdote master, Andrew. But IIRC you've not yet found a horrifying anecdote about quiet bike paths in suburban Florida, near our timid tricycle rider.
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The murder of this thread was of an unarmed man on a bike path.

 Which does not mean it's even remotely likely on the bike path where Mr. Tricycle Rider rides. It was a one in a million event, thousands of miles away.
 His fear is as unrealistic as fear of dying from a spider bite. It's almost as unrealistic as fear of walking past a graveyard. It's a phobia, and his quasi-macho defense strategy is even less admirable than clutching a teddy bear.
 

OK, the risk is remote. But it's not zero.
Which is why people make their own assessments by their own standards for their own personal reasons. Or for no reason.
See also bicycle helmets.
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