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Re:Ambulance hits cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then stic... by Gigachad on Thursday November 07, 2024 @07:43PM (#42082883)
The point is that cycling doesn’t have to be dangerous, it currently is due to external factors that can be fixed.
Re:Ambulance hits cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then stic... by johnnyanmac on Thursday November 07, 2024 @09:09PM (#42083428)
Even with cars we have a saying: "graves are filled with people who had the right of way". Physics doesn't care about whose to blame.
Re:Ambulance hits cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then stic... by pornel on Thursday November 07, 2024 @09:35PM (#42083551)
It's not about blame. It's about recognizing the need for safe infrastructure: physically separated bike paths, not painted gutters. Physics does care about the difference between crossing a painted line vs hitting a bollard.
Re:Ambulance hits cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then stic... by Dylan16807 on Thursday November 07, 2024 @09:46PM (#42083606)
And trying to pivot a conversation like that often gets... blank looks.

No need for people to find the info unknown or confusing.

Re:Ambulance hits cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then stic... by Xylakant on Friday November 08, 2024 @02:33AM (#42084996)
“If it doesn’t damage the car, it’s not safe bike infrastructure.” someone said, and they’re right.
Re:Ambulance hits cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then stic... by kube-system on Friday November 08, 2024 @11:35AM (#42088151)
Dedicated bike lanes almost always share the same risks as the incident in the OP: the intersections are still shared. And sometimes driver behavior is even worse when dedicated bike lanes exist at intersections, because drivers turning right forget they are sharing the intersection with bikes proceeding straight-through from a lane on their right.
Re:Ambulance hits cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then stic... by kube-system on Friday November 08, 2024 @11:33AM (#42088134)
> factors that can be fixed

In the US? Not a chance. The political momentum in the US overwhelmingly does not want to fix this.

There's only one place in the US where you can reasonably ride a bicycle for transportation and (usually) not share the road with cars, and it's a tiny island with population ~500 that banned cars in the late 19th century. And even there, emergency vehicles, like the one in the OP, still share the road with bikes.