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Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by adrianN on Monday December 14, 2020 @12:05AM (#25413778)
Accident statistics in Berlin show that in accidents involving motor vehicles and cyclists, the motor vehicle is at fault about 2/3rds of the time. The ratio is a lot worse if you restrict it to trucks. It's also worse if you restrict it to accidents causing serious injury (a lot of accidents caused by cyclists happen while filtering through a line of stopped cars and touching a mirror).
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Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by pmiller2 on Monday December 14, 2020 @06:24AM (#25415797)
And where are these statistics? And why is Berlin typical in this aspect? And why are cyclists doing such an obviously dangerous (to them) maneuver?
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Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by adrianN on Monday December 14, 2020 @06:49AM (#25415961)
They are a google search away. I mentioned Berlin because I live there and looked at them before. I guess cyclists do these maneuvers because they're legal and standing at the back of a queue of cars is not a safe place to be for a cyclist. I'd rather touch a mirror and fall than be rear-ended by an inattentive driver.
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