11-29-2018, 01:56 AM
Long story short, we are simply seeing the moral of the story of catering to the lowest common denominator, in existing roads.
Frustrated drivers act recklessly (wrongly) around cyclists, because the cyclist is only ever going to move faster than them in certain situations, and are seen to hold up a long line of cars.
Cyclists fear that drivers don't take enough care (both rightly and wrongly as they tar everyone with the same brush).
Ultimately, people make errors. Both groups are simply guilty of being impatient and careless at times, and not necessarily deliberately, and its a triumph of stupidity that decided that putting these two groups on the same road was a good idea.
Create dedicated bike paths, and take them off roads with vehicles and you have the solution that will alleviate the majority of these issues.
The problem is, its far too expensive to do this.
Frustrated drivers act recklessly (wrongly) around cyclists, because the cyclist is only ever going to move faster than them in certain situations, and are seen to hold up a long line of cars.
Cyclists fear that drivers don't take enough care (both rightly and wrongly as they tar everyone with the same brush).
Ultimately, people make errors. Both groups are simply guilty of being impatient and careless at times, and not necessarily deliberately, and its a triumph of stupidity that decided that putting these two groups on the same road was a good idea.
Create dedicated bike paths, and take them off roads with vehicles and you have the solution that will alleviate the majority of these issues.
The problem is, its far too expensive to do this.
"everything you know is wrong"
Paul Hewson
Paul Hewson