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so the only case these apply are when the cyclist isn’t paying attention to their surroundings… which is the real reason it’s dangerous, and when you eliminate that, I would rather have bikes passing next to people than cars passing next to bikes, because the latter is actually deadly when someone does make a mistake

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Nemo@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
You can’t anticipate someone stopping out of a storefront or doorway, though, especially not at speed. This is not something you can eliminate.

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- STUPIDVIPGUY@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Of course you can’t predict the future, and neither can motorists. What you can do is ride at a speed reasonably slow enough that you can react to people, and you can ride on the side of the pathway further from the doorways.
  
  And like I said already, a bike on person accident at slow speed is favorable to risking my own life or life-changing injury by riding in the street.
  
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