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re: Jeremy Clarkson explores the modern fascination with bicycle lanes
Posted on 8/12/19 at 10:29 am to Oilfieldbiology
Posted on 8/12/19 at 10:29 am to Oilfieldbiology
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requires lower speed limits adjacent to it
What's wrong with this?
Why do you need to travel at higher speeds in neighborhoods or cities?
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Posted on 8/12/19 at 10:38 am to magildachunks
We should definitely lower speed limits in both cities and in neighborhoods. No reason why anyone needs to ever go more than 25 mph down a truly residential street.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 11:10 am to magildachunks
I’m not talking about on neighborhood roads or even congested downtowns, although someone doing 8-15 mph on a major city thoroughfare will royally frick up traffic. I’m mainly talking about major highways
Posted on 8/12/19 at 11:35 am to Crowknowsbest
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It seems like 75% of them just completely ignore traffic laws.
Ditto for auto drivers. Except auto drivers kill each other and cyclist and pedestrians and do high $$ damage to other peoples property when they ignore laws and frick up....which happens all the time.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 11:37 am to Oilfieldbiology
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I’m mainly talking about major highways
Who the frick is putting bicycle Lanes on major highways?
Posted on 8/12/19 at 11:39 am to weagle99
Greenville has an awesome dedicated bike/pedestrian trail that cuts through the city from N-S. There's probably enough unused railroad in many big cities where something like this could be done.
This post was edited on 8/12/19 at 11:41 am
Posted on 8/12/19 at 11:41 am to Salmon
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maybe if people had designated areas to ride they wouldn't have to ride on roads with vehicles
So you expect taxpayers to fund expanding perkins road so people can exercise?
Posted on 8/12/19 at 11:44 am to lsu13lsu
I wasn’t speaking specifically about Perkins Road
Posted on 8/12/19 at 11:53 am to lsu13lsu
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So you expect taxpayers to fund expanding perkins road so people can exercise?
Y'all keep dishonestly phrasing it as exercise only. Plenty of people would use their bikes to commute too
Posted on 8/12/19 at 12:06 pm to Ingeniero
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Y'all keep dishonestly phrasing it as exercise only. Plenty of people would use their bikes to commute too
Love the OT.
"People need to get off their asses and get a job instead of living off the taxpayer."
(Person can't afford car. Needs public transportation or safe route to get to work.)
"Wait a minute! frick paying for any of that shite with taxpayer money."
Person who has no other method to get to gainful employment.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 12:12 pm to Ingeniero
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Y'all keep dishonestly phrasing it as exercise only. Plenty of people would use their bikes to commute too
Definitely. For people who work in hospitality in the New Orleans CBD between Poydras and Canal and the French Quarter, I would be bet anything only 25-35% if that much drive a personal vehicle to work. At least 30% take transit and probably that many bike.
Also think of it this way, if everyone who worked in that area drove a personal car there would be no parking left and traffic would be 10x worse.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 12:20 pm to GetCocky11
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Greenville has an awesome dedicated bike/pedestrian trail that cuts through the city from N-S. There's probably enough unused railroad in many big cities where something like this could be done.
Beltline FTMFW
Posted on 8/12/19 at 12:28 pm to Ingeniero
The new bike lanes that were built around my metro area are empty almost all of the time. Some of them I have never seen used.
Of course the property owners along those roads had their land confiscated for the various projects.
When riding on roads most around here seem to prefer country roads where visibility is limited and the speed limit is 45+.
Of course the property owners along those roads had their land confiscated for the various projects.
When riding on roads most around here seem to prefer country roads where visibility is limited and the speed limit is 45+.
This post was edited on 8/12/19 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 8/12/19 at 12:36 pm to magildachunks
fricking a-hole cyclists that’s who
Posted on 8/12/19 at 12:37 pm to Salmon
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I enjoy the OT constantly complaining about everyone being too fat while simultaneously complaining about people being active
It’s possible to exercise and not be a road hazard.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 12:38 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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fricking a-hole cyclists that’s who
...what?
Posted on 8/12/19 at 12:38 pm to DeafJam73
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It’s possible to exercise and not be a road hazard.
how are they a road hazard when they are in bike lanes?
Posted on 8/12/19 at 12:38 pm to Salmon
He asked me who rides a bike on a major highway. I said a cyclist that happens to also be an a-hole
Posted on 8/12/19 at 12:39 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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He asked me who rides a bike on a major highway. I said a cyclist that happens to also be an a-hole
no he asked you who is putting bike lanes in major highways
and the answer is no one
Posted on 8/12/19 at 12:41 pm to Oilfieldbiology
When I fill up my car I pay tax on the gas that helps pay for roads. When I pay for my tags, I pay money that helps pay for roads. How does someone on a bike contribute to road/bike lane construction and maintenance?
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