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The problem is that people who are jerks in a car are also jerks on a bike. The same people that run stop signs on bikes are also the ones that run them while in their car.

I think how we proceed with infastructure is simply a matter of what our goals are. Do we want as many people to ride in as safe a manner as possible? Well, let's look at somewhere like Amsterdam and see what they're doing. Do we want only really skilled & confident people to ride at their own risk? That's going be a different set of infastructure.

Without deciding what our goals are, we can't answer these questions about whether bikes should be treated as cars or have their own special laws.

But no matter what, I think it's the responsibility of bicyclists, motorists, and pedestrians alike to follow the rules, whether they agree with them or not. It's the only way to be predictable. And being predictable will keep you safer than anything infastructure that could be built.

posted 4 years ago
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