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Re:Cycling is more important than electric cars for reaching... by u801e on Thursday April 08, 2021 @11:31PM (#26746398)
Do you have any statistics to back up your assertion that faster traffic does not change lanes to pass a cyclist taking the lane where taking the lane is defined as riding between the center of the lane and left your track? One experiment [1] demonstrated that motorists consistently changed lanes to pass when cyclists rode in the position I described.

[1] https://iamtraffic.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/BicyclistP...

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Re:Cycling is more important than electric cars for reaching... by JoeAltmaier on Friday April 09, 2021 @08:43AM (#26749805)
Do you ride a bike? You wouldn't say such total nonsense if you rode a bike.
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Re:Cycling is more important than electric cars for reaching... by u801e on Monday April 12, 2021 @09:43PM (#26787291)
I do ride at least 1000 miles a year on roads with traffic speeds ranging from 0 to 50 mph. I've been doing this for over 15 years at this point and my personal experience matches up with the results of that experiment I linked to in my previous comment.

Do you cycle? Do you ride in the primary position that I described earlier by default?

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