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Re:Guerrilla Bike Lanes: San Francisco Makes Illicit Infrast... by kleiba2 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @05:46AM (#50377619)
It's terrible that it needs civilian incentives and a fatal accident first before something happens.

That said, in my experience, cyclists are the #1 group when it comes to disobeying traffic rules. There are a lot of crazy idiots driving cars or riding motorcycles but at least the vast majority of them stops at a red light, doesn't ride on the sidewalk, doesn't go against one-ways, etc.

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Re:Guerrilla Bike Lanes: San Francisco Makes Illicit Infrast... by reactormonk on Thursday November 05, 2026 @12:59PM (#50382178)
Doesn't seem to have a high impact on accident numbers in Germany at least - it's 50:50 on deaths involving another party or not, and if it's a car, 75% of time, it's the cars fault.

I'm wondering if it's self-selecting, where you're only biking if you're somewhat deranged, because you're gonna have the short end of the stick a lot of time.

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