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All windows shatter (jlai.lu)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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[–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's pretty much a highway. Dangerous to stop on, and the shoulder was turned into a bike lane. Beyond the bike lane on that stretch was a ditch the car couldn't cross without damage.

I'm presuming they were broken down, it's the usual reason for someone to abandon a car kilometres from the city or suburbia. They may have been pulled over by police and not allowed to continue due to drunk driving.

It really was a crap situation where the car had no other safe option and the cyclist would have been okay had he looked forward instead of down.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    the cyclist would have been okay had he looked forward instead of down.

    Just like any approaching car. This is just valuing the life and well being of car users more than cyclists.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    This is just acknowledging that sometimes things suck. I'm not saying the cyclist was at fault, just that he would have been better off if he had looked ahead at least once in the half a kilometre the car was visible for.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I agree with you on the caring more about car users part, except that the shitty infrastructure caused that scenario. If there's no where to safely emergency park a car except for the bike lane that's on the town or city and where the anger should be directed.

    I'm a timid person and won't ride a bike in my town because of how narrow the shoulders are and there's always gravel, sand and debris on it. It freaks me out too much, which sucks since I'd prefer to do that since it's more affordable.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    If there's no where to safely emergency park a car except for the bike lane that's on the town or city and where the anger should be directed.

    Ok, but that's my point, it wasn't safe to park on the bike lane and it never is. Where do the bikes go even if the cyclist sees it beforehand? On the road.

    If I have to choose between endangering someone in a metal cage or someone who has only air separating their meat from the road, I will choose the former, always.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Even better is to push for better infrastructure so no one is in danger?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sure but you won't build better infrastructure in that moment that was talked about in the previous comments.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I find its better to focus on how that can be prevented from happening to others, and protect future bicyclists because people like me are too fearful to even try with how the roads currenly are....but to each their own.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, I am a huge bicycle advocate. My dream is to live in a car free place, but riding your bike without looking where you are going is both illegal and insane to me. Keep your eyes on the road (in front of you) while driving or riding.

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