@Boenau The convenience of a personal car is unparalleled. Unless and until traffic congestion and parking challenges render car use much less convenient, that won’t change.
@CJackGOFAST@Snabblie@GovofCO@Waymo You’re confused. Waymo is killing it. It has no competition. Uber quit years ago and is now talking about something new. Cruise stopped. Tesla’s self-driving is impressive as driver assist but a joke for true driverless self-driving. Waymo is literally millions of miles ahead.
Burning the American flag is an expression of free speech, which has repeatedly been defended by the US Supreme Court. Patriotism doesn't mean blind allegiance to symbols. If you ban burning the flag, you wholly discredit what it represents.
@Dr_Brian_Pet@GreenLeapFwd You’re edge riding in that photo, which invites dangerously close passes. So, yeah, abnormally high tolerance for danger. But most vehicular cyclists these days use the full lane by default, to get safe passing.
@Boenau Terrible advice. Inattentional blindness occurs even when eyes meet. Motorcycle safety courses have taught for decades to never depend on being noticed just because you made eye contact. To say this in 2024 is irresponsible.
@Boenau It depends. The vast majority of bike crashes don’t involve cars. So a huge part of bike safety is learning to not solo crash.
On the other hand, most fatal bike crashes do involve cars. But, then again, fatal crashes are relatively rare. So motorists are not necessarily primary.
@Boenau Don’t be an idiot. I’m a cyclist. I get it. I check for idiot or ignorant cyclists passing me on the right. But I don’t expect drivers to check for me.
@NordicMamma2@dom155rich1@Boenau No study has looked at these effects. They’re subtle; obvious only when you’re looking for them. E.g., a fatal right hook seems 100% motorist fault, until you realize the driver and cyclist, separated by “protection”, seemed irrelevant to each other, until their paths crossed.
@NordicMamma2@dom155rich1@Boenau Also, bike infrastructure puts a bigger load on what cyclists must notice which makes exceeding THEIR cognitive attention capacity more likely. That makes cyclists more likely to overlook cars and get hit. It also makes solo crashes more likely.
@NordicMamma2@dom155rich1@Boenau I don’t think bike infrastructure makes motorists drive more poorly. I think it puts a bigger load on what they must notice which makes exceeding their cognitive attention capacity more likely. That makes cyclists more likely to be overlooked and hit.