Re:Things people blamed on bicycles
by evandijk70 on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @04:28AM
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How often does that kind of thing happen? Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly?
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Re:Things people blamed on bicycles
by laputan_machine on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @04:55AM
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If you commute daily (5 times a week) then you will see at least one terrible / dangerous driver in that time period.
Some weeks it can be really bad, several a day, some weeks it will be almost silent (but always at least one nutter).
The weather makes a big difference, for some reason drivers drive a lot worse in the rain and really hot weather, usually speeding / running reds and not checking mirrors more often than in overcast / typical UK weather.
This was true for me, but now days it almost never happen. What changed was that my route got a serious upgrade, with lower speed intersections, better yield signs for everyone. All it took was a well thought out plan for all the streets with bicycle traffic.
But yeah when I am not on my daily commute you still get that kind of behaviour.
I bike with a camera. I capture cars doing illegal and dangerous stuff multiple times a day when I bike, and post it online or/and report them. So your suggestions are way off. Just in may&june I totaled over 160 reports.
I originally was making a list of every driver that came close to killing me, noting down their license plate and making a police report.
After a single day with over a dozen, I've stopped counting. Now I only note down the drivers that, when turning a corner or passing me, threw me off the bicycle and/or drove over the bicycle, damaging parts of it.
The list currently contains 2 events this month alone.
Re:Things people blamed on bicycles
by MagnumOpus on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @04:37AM
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You wouldn't need to ask if you rode a bike regularly. Every 20 minutes of riding is my guess.
Re:Things people blamed on bicycles
by ndsipa_pomu on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @04:40AM
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There's a huge variation. Some rides, I've had two or three incidents that the police have actioned after I submitted the cam footage, and other times, I can go a couple of months without a bad incident.
Motorist squeezing past at speed without adequate space? Every single time.
Re:Things people blamed on bicycles
by machinawhite on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @05:21AM
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Every time you use a street together with cars. It'd be easier to ask when it does not happen because that's the exception here