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CrimsonRain 3 hours ago

And when you do that, (most) cyclists behind you get angry. (Most) cyclists are rude and act like they own the road.

jlebar 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> (Most) cyclists are rude and act like they own the road.

I would bet you an arbitrary sum of money that 51% of cyclists are not rude and don't act like they own the road. (Same for drivers.)

https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/salience-bias

Saline9515 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Given the sheer amount of cyclist who think that cars should be banned with no consideration for anything else, I think that this is a common observation.

Where I live, the pro-cyclist mayor (whose husband owns a bike rental shop, by pure coincidence) closed a road for cars without consultation, now the firemen along with residents are protesting because emergency and delivery vehicles can't access a large part of the city (car parked can't get out!). This is the average behavior you can expect from militant cyclists, from my experience.

wy35 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Which town is this? I find it hard to believe that the mayor did not add an exception for emergency and commercial vehicles.

Saline9515 32 minutes ago | parent [-]

Riga. Of course, all of the cyclist absolutely LOVE it, and now want to remove cobblestones, which could lead to a removal of the city from the UNESCO World Heritage list. But they don't care.

You can see a picture of the genius arrangement here: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HGpgA1pXEAEuFLn?format=jpg&name=...

ugexe 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The pro cyclist mayor in the city I live in didn’t do that. I guess our personal anecdotes cancel out.

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