re: EBR Councilman Buddy Amoroso struck, killed while riding bicycle in St. Francisville

I think the actual solution would be to designate a few very specific low traffic roads as cycle- friendly and build some really good long bike lanes/loops in specific areas . The solution is NOT to just pretend you are safe on the roads because the law “ protects “ you. No law protected Buddy.

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“tyranny of the stupid”

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Classic insult response from the tyranny of the bikers. So why can't I walk down travel lanes on the Interstate? Shouldn't I have that right?

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But you continue to miss the point by definiing the decision to stay off of a particular road that is dangerous because of irresponsible, incompetent drivers, as somehow excusing them or enabling them to continue.

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Except we aren’t talking about “a particular road”. We’re talking about any road where a driver is inconvienced.

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You bristled earlier when I suggested it was not worth sacrificing yourself for the cause.

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Indded. Because I never suggest it was. That was as strawman you built.

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But how is refusing to "bow down" to deadly drivers going to make shitty driving less acceptable,

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See above. Already the suggestion of banning things has begun. So instead of saying “people should be more responsible”, we have moved to “we should ban things for people causing no harm”.

You just doubled down. You should stop now.

What’s the speed limit on HWY 66?

IMO it should be illegal to ride a bike on a road where the speed limit is greater than 50MPH. Our highways are too narrow to accommodate it

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Let me guess....you ain’t a cyclist are ye?

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No, I'm a walker. A walker that would like to be able to walk to work on I-10. Just because all the drivers are too irresponsible to avoid me shouldn't take away that right from me.

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I simply don’t the negligence thst makes it dangerous.

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English?

Look. It’s a chicken or the egg situation.

Does the bad driver create the situation? Or does the situation create the bad driver?

We’re just going to argue around and around. I wish we didn’t have distracted drivers. Life would be so much easier. But we do. And they’re dangerous af. And they’re everywhere.

Until cyclist have their own designated lanes and aren’t forced to share the road with an enemy they have no Chance of winning against, we will continue to have situations like this.

It’s unfortunate. It’s unavoidable. But it’s a known risk. The math simply states as long as there are situations where a cyclist and a vehicle are trying to share the same roadway, there will be accidents. And the cyclist will always lose.

But you’ve somehow taken me pointing this simple fact out, and pointing out WHY it happens as me attacking cyclist. you’ve completely circled the wagons and gone into complete defense mode like I’m trying to say frick you get off muh road when all I’ve done is give the reason why it’s happening.

No , the Feds designated the interstates specifically for high speed Inter-State travel . But it would be pretty cool to be able to be able to park your car at a trailhead, get on your bike, and ride all day on paths from say Shenandoah to Downtown. Would the taxpayers be willing to pay for that ? Helllllll no. Should they be willing to pay for it ? Hellll no. Too much other shite needs to be done.

Bottom line- South Louisiana does not have a real cycling culture. I would argue it has a distinct ANTI- cycling culture. As such , I suggest running or walking . Or better yet, GTFO, improve your quality of life, and leave S La to perfect the many nuances of Baw/Ghetto culture.

If the anti cyclist crowd was just honest and said, I don't like you because you inconvenience and annoy me, rather than, it's a safety issue, I'd have more respect for then.

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English?

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doh!

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I don’t excuse the negligence that makes it dangerous

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