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Re: Things people blamed on bicycles

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I wonder if the "cross a red light anytime I want to on a bike" is the reason so many are now doing the same in their cars.

it could be

(1) got used to it on a bike so repeating in car

(2) saw cyclists get away with it so decided might as well do the same

(3) unrelated reason

note: I'm seeing egregious traffic violations by cars every time I drive now which was not true say 10yrs ago. Don't know what changed

as a cyclist I'd love to see Netherlands level of bicycle support in more cities

Re: Things people blamed on bicycles

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I saw appendicitis was on the list. I think appendicitis can (unusually) be provoked by blunt trauma (I think mine was!), so maybe there have been a tiny number of appendicitis cases attributable to extremely unlucky victims of bike accidents?

Re: Things people blamed on bicycles

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Also cars are expensive as hell.

It's sad that people not rarely have to purchase one in order to have jobs,

but this shit is so expensive that keeps stealing significant % of their budget, especially that they gotta buy cheaper, used ones which break more often.

Re: Things people blamed on bicycles

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Your rant has absolutely nothing to do with the topic, as bicycles became popular (and caused the discussed spate of articles blaming/crediting it for a variety of things) in the 1890s, before "car factory owning lobbyists" could cause the evils you attribute to them.

Re: Things people blamed on bicycles

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post #4

I wonder if the "cross a red light anytime I want to on a bike" is the reason so many are now doing the same in their cars. it could be (1) got used to it on a bike so repeating in car (2) saw cyclists get away with it so decided might as well do the same (3) unrelated reason note: I'm seeing egregious traffic violations by cars every time I drive now which was not true say 10yrs ago. Don't know what changed as a cyc…

It's not because of bicycles.
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