Re:Driving – An extinction event
by Doctor_Fegg on Saturday February 11, 2017 @12:03PM
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Most drivers on country backroads where I live (Cotswolds, UK) are safe and respectful. The dangerous places are provincial towns/cities - worked and cycled in a large Staffordshire town for six years, it was horrid - and rural A roads, but any decent cycle route planner (ie not GMaps) will keep you off the latter for the most part.
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Re:Driving – An extinction event
by freehunter on Saturday February 11, 2017 @02:00PM
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The dangerous part is a car coming over a hill or around a bend and not seeing the slow cyclist in front of them until it's too late. Not that the drivers are actively looking to injure the cyclists, but that the speed differential between bicycles and autos leads to terrible accidents.