Then walk! Don’t risk your life. But don’t stay on your bike and risk the life of pedestrians and cause then the same stress cars cause you when you’re cycling. That’s just inconsiderate. I live in an area filled with elderly people who can easily get killed by a cyclist crashing into them. You’re scared to ride your bike even in the bike lane? Fine. Put the bike away and walk. Don’t become the problem to someone else
I’m sorry, do you think bikes are incapable of slowing down? Do you think walking should be protected as a hobby? Do you think the answer to better transportation is less transportation?
Your answer is to get a car or wake up at 4:30. I’d love to have an actual bike lane where I can go faster, but that’s not always possible. If the only acceptable place for a bike is dedicated infrastructure, bikes will never be used.
Reckless driving is one thing, but excluding bicycles from 99.99% of North America is a crazy reaction. It’s difficult to even find data about pedestrian-cyclists collisions; based on hospital data in the UK only 2% of pedestrian deaths or serious injuries are caused by collisions with bicycles, while 96% are caused by motor vehicles.
If you’re so worried, make sure to support public transit and cycle infrastructure. I’d love to use separate lane pathways, or even better light rail, but until then I need to bike and not die.
Then walk! Don’t risk your life. But don’t stay on your bike and risk the life of pedestrians and cause then the same stress cars cause you when you’re cycling. That’s just inconsiderate. I live in an area filled with elderly people who can easily get killed by a cyclist crashing into them. You’re scared to ride your bike even in the bike lane? Fine. Put the bike away and walk. Don’t become the problem to someone else
I’m sorry, do you think bikes are incapable of slowing down? Do you think walking should be protected as a hobby? Do you think the answer to better transportation is less transportation?
Your answer is to get a car or wake up at 4:30. I’d love to have an actual bike lane where I can go faster, but that’s not always possible. If the only acceptable place for a bike is dedicated infrastructure, bikes will never be used.
Reckless driving is one thing, but excluding bicycles from 99.99% of North America is a crazy reaction. It’s difficult to even find data about pedestrian-cyclists collisions; based on hospital data in the UK only 2% of pedestrian deaths or serious injuries are caused by collisions with bicycles, while 96% are caused by motor vehicles.
If you’re so worried, make sure to support public transit and cycle infrastructure. I’d love to use separate lane pathways, or even better light rail, but until then I need to bike and not die.