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Re:A “bike platform” that temporarily swaps one car parking ... by tastygreenapple on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @09:06PM (#20408213)
I don't own a car. I just call it like I see it, I don't think cars are great but bicycles seriously randomize the road, it's beyond stupid that 4000 lb cars driven by people who don't even operate the vehicle that well 'share' the road with 10-30 lb bicycles.
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Re:A “bike platform” that temporarily swaps one car parking ... by kqr on Thursday July 11, 2019 @12:40PM (#20413004)
> it's beyond stupid that 4000 lb cars driven by people who don't even operate the vehicle that well 'share' the road with 10-30 lb bicycles.

I agree, but how do you get from there to "bicyclists are the problem"? Neither type of driver conduct their vehicle very well (only humans, after all) but one is infinitely more fatal than the other.

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Re:A “bike platform” that temporarily swaps one car parking ... by wool_gather on Thursday July 11, 2019 @12:56PM (#20413168)
> it's beyond stupid that 4000 lb cars driven by people who don't even operate the vehicle

I think we can just stop the sentence right there, before we even discuss other users of the road.

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Re:A “bike platform” that temporarily swaps one car parking ... by wool_gather on Thursday July 11, 2019 @05:53PM (#20416232)
Er, heh, I should actually have stopped the sentence after "that well", oops.

Revised quote:

> it's beyond stupid that 4000 lb cars [are] driven by people who don't even operate the vehicle that well

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