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Originally Posted by MarchHare
If I see a bike approaching a stop sign, there's a better than 50-50 chance that the rider will just plow through without stopping or even slowing down.
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I don't know where you live, but I hope it's on a bald-ass prairie where these people can see for miles in every direction because if not, the mortality rate for cyclists must be through the roof!
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Originally Posted by MarchHare
The same cannot be said about cars. I've never been nearly run over on a sidewalk or crosswalk by a motorist, but that's pretty much a daily occurrence with cyclists.
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And people and their dogs wandering all over bike paths is a daily concern of mine...
The point I'm trying to make is that cars, bikes, and pedestrians all break the rules. Cyclists always seem to be singled out in these arguments as reckless hellraisers ruining it for everybody.
The funny thing about the argument in Calgary is that it's often people saying both cyclists are a hazard, and that there aren't enough of them to justify cycling infrastructure.