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CriticalTransit t1_iyaw233 wrote

Reply to people not knowing bike safety by [deleted]

Here’s an idea. When you see someone biking the wrong way, don’t yell at them. Just move over and coexist peacefully. Spend your mental energy thinking about why they might do that, such as avoiding a more dangerous legal way, not having to cross twice, missing the light, only going one block, being lost, etc. You might find you have empathy and compassion.

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Christianstudebaker t1_iy9wmyb wrote

Reply to comment by noob_tube03 in people not knowing bike safety by [deleted]

I never said that bikes shouldn't have to obey the laws. I said that a car is more dangerous than a bike, at any speed. Yes there are ebikes, but they are vastly outnumbered by regular bikes, so don't use them as the generalized standard of danger in this equation. That'd be like me saying there's busses that weigh more than cars and using them as the standard

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noob_tube03 t1_iy9pdpg wrote

Reply to comment by Christianstudebaker in people not knowing bike safety by [deleted]

I don't know why people act like bikes are not dangerous. There are plenty of e-bikes that are 50-80lbs of steel traveling at over 20 mph. Even if that alone wouldn't hurt you (and it would), just having people ignoring traffic laws and forcing other cyclists/pedestrians into traffic is extremely dangerous. This constant retort of "I don't need to obey the laws because bikes are safe" is crazy

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noob_tube03 t1_iy9nxer wrote

Reply to comment by georgvontrap in people not knowing bike safety by [deleted]

It would help if the infrastructure was more complete. Panting an arrow on the ground doesn't count, there should be one way signs. Same thing at intersections for cars; cars need to know which direction to be looking for bike traffic from. At least on Brattle, the bikes are in the same spot. On Garden, it's much more likely someone is going to get hooked by a car (especially if the cyclist is going the wrong direction). Reminds me of the new bike lane installed near Beech street that will absolutely get someone killed. Why they installed a bike light that is green while cars are able to turn blows my mind

Cambridge needs to remember universal standards are universal for a reason. Not everyone driving in Cambridge is from Cambridge!

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wanderer_yh t1_iy9ercj wrote

Reply to Looking for home for Ukrainian refugees by bostonforukraine

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Don_Ciccio t1_iy96jhc wrote

Reply to people not knowing bike safety by [deleted]

I used to bike all over Cambridge and would run into this problem often enough, even on well-established bike lanes. It's really annoying but I'm not sure there's anything to be done about it. Maybe the Police could start ticketing for it?

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portnoyslp t1_iy95h3d wrote

Reply to people not knowing bike safety by [deleted]

I think with Garden St. the problem is largely from the Harvard students coming from the Radcliffe Quad. They're finding it easier in the mornings to go contra-flow on the outbound lane than cross the street at Shepard and back again at Concord. I feel like it's improved since the initial creation, so perhaps it will improve still more over time.

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