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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I found this source with some info. Quoting a relevant bit:

Most studies that considered sidewalk-riding suggested that it is particularly hazardous for cyclists, with estimates of 1.8 to 16 times the risk of cycling on-road [29,66-68,71]. However one study found that the risk of traveling on the sidewalk was the same or lower than riding on residential streets [64]. Another considered the direction of travel and found that the elevated risk when sidewalk cyclists entered intersections was almost exclusively related to cycling against the flow of adjacent on-road traffic

It can seem counter-intuitive that riding where the cars are is safer, but if you think about it, it makes sense. Cars don't expect fast-moving vehicles on the sidewalk (they often barely expect pedestrians...), the constant curbs impacts your flow while riding, people more often ride against traffic on the sidewalk than on the road, and honestly people riding on sidewalks probably tend towards more inexperienced than people who feel comfortable riding on the road.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I was in theatre school for a while. We touched on everything related to a theatre production, including sound. Our tech would always test his setup with Paul Simon's Getting Ready For Christmas Day.

I've heard that song used to calibrate audio setups so often that it's become easy to identify any issues when I hear it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'm a francophone and listen to a lot of music in French (both Acadien and Québécois) but I've never heard of this guy! Dig the track, it sounds like if Philippe Katerine tried to do punk!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

The music video is so delightfully 2000s! I really need to get into more Canadian hip-hop, thanks for sharing!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh this must slap live!

We really don't get much content here so no need to worry about "spamming", especially since you're posting bangers 😎 You'd probably get more engagement if you spaced out your posts a bit though, just saying!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

How dare anyone enjoy a thing differently than you!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

(and lights [...] should be treated as stop signs).

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Bicycles aren't held to the same safety standards as cars because bicycles are inherently way less dangerous than cars.

Your question is like asking why BB guns aren't held to the same safety standards as actual guns.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

New Brunswick here, it's much the same with the speeding and the huge pickups, but I've found drivers give me a lot more space when passing on a rural road than a busy city street. Like usually half a lane away from me at a minimum, if not an actual proper pass.

I'm assuming it helps that I don't really "look like a cyclist", at least in the eyes of motorists. I feel people might be more aggressive towards someone wearing lycra on a road bike, whereas my goofy ass riding a hybrid-cruiser-city bike and wearing a high-vis vest is novel enough on a rural road for them to take notice of me.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Stop signs should really be a yield for cyclists (and lights, especially at intersections with sensors that aren't triggered by bikes, should be treated as stop signs).

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I don't disagree (I'd be in favour of bike lanes anywhere with a road or street) but I feel a lot more comfortable cycling in the lane on a low-traffic rural road than on a busy stroad in the city.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Cattle sure, but if you include poultry and porc that shoots up to around 80% of soy used for feed.

 
 

I'll start with a couple of mine:

  • Terry Barentsen (fast-paced urban rides, mainly in NYC)

  • BCpov (MTB rides as well as some trail building stuff)

  • Shifter (informative videos on various topics relating to cycle commuting)

  • One Cyclist in Lisbon (pretty much what it says on the tin, lots of silly city cycling moments in his compilations and as well as longer rides outside Lisbon)

  • Ed Pratt's Unicycling The World series (I know it's not a bike, but it touches on a lot of just cycle touring in general)

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/785913

Article en français: Acadie Nouvelle

 

Article en français: Acadie Nouvelle

 

My favourite part of the article:

Asked what the odds were of the province heading into an early election, Higgs told reporters, "I don't play the odds, actually. I don't. So, I'm not going to delve into an election philosophy."

"I don't play the odds" gives me big "data my ass" vibes. I hope we data his ass out of office ASAP.

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Hi Kevin, are you ok?

 
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For English translation, see comments

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