Re:Who Causes Cyclists’ Deaths?
by huhtenberg on Saturday August 29, 2009 @01:23AM
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And if someone is doing exactly that in a rush hour clogging up the street and holding up a couple of blocks worth of traffic (including buses), how does it make this cyclist look ?
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If it's rush hour, traffic probably isn't moving that much faster than the cyclist. Regardless, cyclists are allowed on the road at any time of day, so I'm not sure what you're looking for. Should I be forced to drive so you can save a couple of seconds?
You do realize that rush hour is caused by too many cars on the road, right? If cars were banned from the streets at rush hour, roads would probably have higher throughput. You can fit about four people on bikes in the space that (usually) one person is taking up with their car.
Blaming people for traffic is ridiculous. Everyone causes traffic. If you want free-flowing roads, price congestion.
If you want free-flowing roads, price congestion.
But gas is already too expensive, and riding public transportation is too inconvenient! Let's blame a minority group for all our problems!!