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Alles rund ums Fahrrad.

Technik, Verkehrswesen, Touren, was auch immer.

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[โ€“] protist@mander.xyz 0 points 2 months ago (7 children)

(A Transport For London camera study of 7,500 cyclists at five junctions found in 2007 that, contrary to popular perception, most cyclists do not run reds: 84% of the cyclists stopped at red traffic lights.)

Oh my god...imagine if 16% of cars just blew through red lights. I bike too, and other cyclists do us no favors. I respect cyclists when I drive, and I've almost killed someone on a bike more than once after they fly through a stop sign or around a blind curve with reckless disregard. Some cars drive recklessly too, but absolutely a higher percentage of cyclists ignore traffic laws and freak out drivers who worry about killing someone. This is a problem that involves deficient infrastructure, but good god y'all follow basic traffic safety laws, it's all we've got right now

[โ€“] gaael@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

freak out drivers who worry about killing someone

Good. Cars are as dangerous as firearms, drivers should be worried af about accidentally killing someone all the time they drive.

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