Re:What Snow Tells Us About Creating Better Public Spaces
by heydenberk on Sunday February 09, 2014 @03:09PM
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I'm a bike commuter and I commute on these streets. I don't think this is as much of an issue in Philadelphia as it is elsewhere. The roads are all small, one-way streets with stop signs at every block. Cars are rarely going fast enough that they need to overtake a bike before they reach the next intersection where they can pass more easily. Less anecdotally, New York has been making these changes with many intersections and finds the roads are safer for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians.
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Re:What Snow Tells Us About Creating Better Public Spaces
by revelation on Sunday February 09, 2014 @03:35PM
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Anecdotally, the number of car drivers that have the miniscule intelligence required to foresee that overtaking me would yield zero benefit at extreme risk is 0.
Re:What Snow Tells Us About Creating Better Public Spaces
by pyre on Sunday February 09, 2014 @03:56PM
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The extreme risk to them is zero. If they run you over their insurance goes up, and they can complain to their friends about how some "hipster, commie, hippie biker" was in the wrong for even being on the road.
I know someone that was run over by someone that ran a red light. Her arm was broken, and the lady in the car was in the wrong. The lady that hit her had the gall to call her up later and complain to her that her auto insurance rates had gone up. No shit! You run a red light and hit someone, what do you expect?