They don’t care |
Because cops spend their days in traffic and see all the disregard cyclists have for any traffic safety laws. Of course they bring a bias - they understand bikers. |
Cyclist think that police are biased against them because they are normally used to credulously telling people nonsense and people believing them. Police actually look at the facts and frequently conclude the cyclists are at fault. So they are obviously biased. |
In the heat and humidity people are biking to daycare, schools, work, the doctor, and getting groceries? In the winter cold the same? Sure. |
There are comparisons to the shrill pro-Palestinian demonstrators: self-righteous, uncompromising, dogmatic virtue signallers. |
And both want to put an end to needless death? |
That you don't recall seeing people biking in these conditions is concerning because you are supposed to be attentive while driving. But yes, people bike in these conditions except when the roads are not treated. |
A needless death could also be caused by some idiot with their kids in a trailer behind them disregarding traffic laws and sailing through the city without turning their heads. Who are all these people being forced at gun point to ride bikes so close to all these insane drivers who NEVER stop at signs or lights? In all seriousness cyclists have other options if they feel unsafe in car traffic just as they suggest car drivers do. No we're not spending millions on building MORE infrastructure to accomodate you and your ten friends at the expense of thousands of other commuters. Were you all actually raised to believe that whatever you want, you get? I learned that wasn't true in kindergarten. |
All transportation infrastructure is a "If you build it, they will come" type deal. So it simply becomes a question of how do you want this city to look like in the future. If you build for cars, you will get cars and if you build for walking/bikes/transit you will get more of that. We have a century of experience of building for cars, and frankly the results are not good. Even drivers don't like driving these days. But for some reason, drivers remain firmly committed to something they hate doing. Its a behavior that's hard to explain and bike/transit/walking people just don't get it. At the very least, you would think rational drivers would be the main supporters of things like bike lanes, and transit because of the traffic it would remove. But here they are, getting red in the face, insisting that these people get in cars and jam up the roads with them. Its insanity. |
Weird question - yes, I'm still biking and see other people biking. |
If bicyclists were required to actually follow the rules of Idaho stops, no one would bike. They'd have to stop and start at the end of virtually every block and they'd get so tired out, they'd just stop riding. |
Unlike people who drive cars and don't come to full stops, right? |
CM Allen just said he supports the Conn. Ave bike lane. |
Not really getting the comparison. Maybe once a year, I see a driver blow a stop sign without even attempting to stop. I see cyclists do that literally every day. |
Where do you see this? Got a link? |