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In reply to the discussion: Dutch cyclist's conclusion is inescapably accurate: America doesn't take bicycles seriously [View all]WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)16. Hee! They like to get right up on you before ringing the bell!
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Dutch cyclist's conclusion is inescapably accurate: America doesn't take bicycles seriously [View all]
CreekDog
Mar 2015
OP
so you're in favor of protecting pedestrians by further regulating car traffic?
CreekDog
Mar 2015
#15
Bicycing is regulated already too. Cyclists have to follow the same laws as motor vehicle drivers
Gormy Cuss
Mar 2015
#26
give us the numbers, how many pedestrians are killed by cars, how many by bikes?
CreekDog
Mar 2015
#49
Bicyclists are not required to stay in bike lanes. In fact it's damn near impossible to do so.
Gormy Cuss
Mar 2015
#28
"...most areas treat bicyclists like an afterthought. Same for pedestrians."
RufusTFirefly
Mar 2015
#41
Yes, you replied to me saying that people didn't need to be protected from bicyclists
CreekDog
Mar 2015
#39
if this conversation is so easy to follow, then why can't you properly report what I said
CreekDog
Mar 2015
#50
And here I thought Austin, TX had cornered the market on entitled asshole bikers!
Paladin
Mar 2015
#8
We aren't a flat bike-oriented nation. P.S. Amsterdam bicyclists don't take pedestrians seriously!
WinkyDink
Mar 2015
#11
and being from behind the Orange Curtain has what to do with a preference
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Mar 2015
#59