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watervapr t1_iudqaus wrote

This is the same thing as complaining about bikers on sidewalks. They are only doing it because there doesn’t exist safe/convenient/clear infrastructure to ride in the correct direction. The solution is not wishing upon a star for people to behave better, but to build proper infrastructure so people don’t have to break the rules just to preserve their safety.

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hackobin89 t1_iudxven wrote

I see it when there’s a lane on the other side too, so while you make a good point, it’s not always because there’s no other safe option.

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portnoyslp t1_iuesra0 wrote

Sometimes people feel it's safer to ride the wrong way in the bike lane than to cross a busy street to the opposite side. I've seen that a fair amount from the BlueBike corral on Garden St; the Harvard students feel it's easier to hop onto outbound bike lane to get them inbound towards Cambridge Common (rather than cross Garden, bike down two blocks, and then cross again towards the Common).

We'll see if that changes now after the new traffic routing in that section, which should include a safer story for cyclists heading towards the Common from SE-bound Garden.

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ClarkFable t1_iuf0e8p wrote

Breaking the rules, to preserve their safety by endangering others. Especially when riding on the sidewalk. It’s the same asshole mentality that makes certain drivers especially dangerous. Get off and walk your bike if you are afraid to follow the rules while riding.

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IntelligentCicada363 t1_iufd5ug wrote

The danger that a bike poses to a pedestrian is not even an adjacent order of magnitude compared to a car.

It is a problem. Cyclists should not be reckless. But this constant line that bikers are some how a massive threat to pedestrian safety is not backed up by data or rational thought

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some1saveusnow t1_iugqw5c wrote

Wrong way bikers are going to get themselves fucked up by cars is actually my worry

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