This is the attitude that gets 40,000 Americans killed every year. And yes, you can engineer away the vast majority of those deaths and injuries. You just don't want to try. Other countries have 1/3rd the fatalities per mile driven, and most of that difference is design. |
I'm beyond impressed at your ability to keep pushing lies that have been disproven on every biking thread I've ever read on DCUM. Truly incredible effort. |
Not sure what you think is being disproven. Just look at the transportation survey by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. They've been doing the studies since forever. They show biking is becoming less popular, even after correcting for the rise of telework. https://www.mwcog.org/documents/2023/08/14/state-of-the-commute-survey-report--carsharing-state-of-the-commute-telework-travel-surveys/ |
Yet somehow, Capital Bikeshare is breaking user records monthly. |
that's all nonsense. in 2022, 35 people died in traffic accidents, according to the police. here's their breakdown of the causes: 12 -- pedestrian error 9 -- speeding 4 -- driver error 4 -- driver drunk/high/impaired 2 -- bicycle error 2 -- medical emergency 1 -- atv/scooter error 1 -- hit and run/unknown why don't you tell us which of these we could engineer away, if only we tried? |
Oh look. 43 percent of traffic deaths in DC are blamed on non-drivers. |
Just. Vote. Them. Out! |
First of all, “a staggering portion” of motorists DO NOT ignore traffic laws “as a matter of course”. Most people stop - and wait - at red lights. Most people stop at stop signs. Most people, thanks to speed cameras everywhere, drive within 10 mph of the posted limit. Your post implies that vehicular traffic is a chaotic free for all with no one following any laws whatsoever. Reality says 180 degrees the opposite of your lunacy. One simply has to observe traffic moving and see the truth. Cars stop for red signals. They move on green. Maybe a few people run the red trying to beat the very end of the yellow light, but in general, when the light is red, and people pull up to it, they stop, and wait for green. You’re insane. You make it sound as though all drivers are going through red lights from a block away, blowing through stop signs at-speed without even lifting their foot, etc. in other words - you accuse drivers of doing the things +90% of cyclists do. You’re a gaslighting fool. |
I’ve been driving in DC for almost 20 years and I have literally NEVER seen a cyclist perform a lawful Idaho Stop when I’ve been at a stop-sign intersection with a person a person on a bike. Think about that for a minute……. In TWENTY YEARS, driving at least 5 days a week in upper NW, I have NEVER seen a person on a bike stop for a stop sign at an intersection. Not. Once…..Ever. Can you please explain this, Mr Cycling Apologist? |
Im a DP but I would explain it by saying I don't believe anecdotes from anonymous people with agendas on the internet |
41 accidents on a typical day in a city with 175,000+ vehicles, 2,000+ miles of streets and 9,600+ intersections, seems statistically significant to you? Because that says to me that a huge majority of drivers are driving safely. |
And I don’t believe anything a bike user says. Because they are all lying scofflaws, you included. |
Next party starts tomorrow at the van ness metro around 6:30 |
John T smellyface lived a good life. He left behind three kids, a wife, and an undying hatred people who liked to get a little bit of exercise on their way to work. John will be survived by his IP address, which contains some of his most unhinged screeds against bikers |
Anyone got that video of car after car rolling through stop signs at DC intersections? It was posted to Twitter a while back. Not sure what universe Mr. Keyboard Kommando here lives in, but for the rest of us in the real world, DC motorists are near-universal scofflaws that go out of their way to terrorize anyone who dares to abide by the laws that govern the city. |