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Thank you for encouraging me to think, since I was wilfully choosing not to before. > I only have to trust drivers not to do egregious things like head on collision at high speeds. You have wildly underestimated how small of a mistake can end your life in even low-speed traffic. It's fine, a lot of drivers have an unearned sense of resilience, so you're not unique. You're also intentionally ignoring the alternate rou…
Again, please think a little. 'bicyclists face a higher risk of crash related injury and deaths than occupants in motor vehicles' https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/bicycle/index.html I can't believe you need proof for such a simple statement. The best you can do is 'trust me, low speed accident very dangerous' Sure, some places are more bike friendly than others. But even here in the bay area ciclists are mostly…
Re: Cycling Is Key to Safer, Healthier, More Vital Cities
#381Your comments in this thread have been uncivil. "Please think a little" is a nasty swipe, and the sort of thing we ban accounts for if they do it repeatedly. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting to HN, we'd appreciate it.