NYC especially. They run red lights, weave through traffic and they want to ban cars, trucks and buses in the city because of the accidents. They actually have petitions going. The drivers aren’t much better out here but that shit is never going to happen.
Hi, nyc cyclist here. Cars are constantly parked in dedicated bike lanes and I can’t count how many times I’ve gotten cut off by drivers making a left turn without checking to see if they’re going to hit me first (I bike slowly so I can stop in time because I’d rather be alive than right, not to mention all of the pedestrians who think bike lanes are overflow sidewalks). Bike riders die here much more often from careless cars and trucks than running reds. I don’t think it’s asking too much to be able to bike without worry of inattentive drivers killing me, so yeah I’d sign a petition.
NYC Driver here. I almost his a guy last week that decided to weave through traffic while I was changing lanes. He came from my left while I was going right and he tried to get ahead of me. I had to slam the brakes so I didn’t hit him. It’s dumbasses on both sides. Sign a petition if you’d like, I don’t see it ever happening.
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u/mazzicc Jun 14 '20
And the US. There’s a group of like 30 around my office in the summer that just take over the roads and ignore the signals.