• FiveMacs@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Even if the infrastructure exists, I would still ride on the sidewalk and never on the road. I’d rather scrape someone’s leg and deal with that instead of being potential road meat

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      2 months ago

      Cars don’t think to slow down when coming out of parking lots. Even with a crosswalk or light. They zoom up to the edge of the road.

      Sidewalks are the only places I’ve been hit (once) and nearly hit several times.

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        2 months ago

        My only collision was getting t-boned on the sidewalk in 91 or 92. I learned the right lesson from it and I don’t do that dumb shit anymore, but I still have the injuries.

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      2 months ago

      You only feel safer. Cyclists are more likely to be injured and killed for each km of sidewalk as compared to each km of road.