So the real statement is "Following the law is unrealistic".

Well if waymo was in my city, I will make sure I ride my bike in the middle of the lane in front of a waymo vehicle. Doing that is legal were I am.

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lostlogin 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sharing a lane with a car is a recipe for disaster.

If there isn’t space to overtake, take the middle of the lane or get off the road. It’s 30,0000km since I was last hit by a car, it’s working for me.

People who can’t judge the width of their own vehicle are common, and they commonly buy huge vehicle.

Also, buy a bike radar like a Garmin Varia or similar. They vastly improve your awareness in traffic.

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xscott 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

As a cyclist, I'm sure you're tolerant and polite to people walking in the middle of the multi-use paths, right? /s

For a long time I thought cyclists were hypocrites because they play the victim when they're on roads while being complete jerks on walking paths. But really, it's not hypocrisy - it's self-entitlement in both cases. It's honestly very consistent behavior.

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ghaff 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I don't find cyclists especially obnoxious on the rail-trails I often walk on. But I have walked on rail-trails with a lot of bicycles where various people got pretty pissy because I wouldn't step off the trail every minute.

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xscott 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I don't understand: They get pissy, but you don't find that obnoxious?

If cyclists got off the roads every time a car comes by, that would be consistent with their expectations for walking paths.

	▲	ghaff 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No, I'm saying most cyclists are reasonable but I've been on crowded trails with elevation changes where they haven't been and have acted as if they had the right of way and have sometimes gotten pissy if I didn't get out of the way quickly enough.