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  • 08 Jun 2011

    Yikes!

    My New York gay Angelo is always complaining about how dangerous cycling in New York is, which I've never really understood, because you'd imagine that the simple, clear, grid system would make things simpler and safer when it come to traffic, in comparison to, say, Dublin's medieval street layout.

    Well you'd be wrong. Judging by this overview of one NY intersection, the confluence of pedestrians. cyclists, and drivers is as dangerous and insane there as anywhere else. In fact, possibly worse!

     

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    • Posted By Christopher 09 Jun 2011 00:02

      Oh of course there are just as man crap drivers out there too but they dont run red lights as much as cyclists do (from what I see on a walk home through the CC). They shouldnt be "sticking it to the man"-if you are using the road you dont get to decide when it's safe and sound - how will they ever get the respect of car drivers and pedestrians- as it is they are just a nuicance and danger to both.

    • Posted By mddm 08 Jun 2011 23:09

      Some cyclists are shit-heads and some drivers are shit heads. I see cars every day pushing it so they just about make that orange/red no really red light. Cyclists that rally through lights with no regards for pedestrians are way in the minority but loads skip through red-lights when it's safe and sound. It's one of the pleasures of cycling - STICKING IT TO THE MAN (though not the Green Man, just to clear that up)

    • Posted By Christopher 08 Jun 2011 20:40

      What this video illustrates so clearly is that Cyclists are the worst road users out there- on my walk home I am amazed at the sort of crazy crap they get up (switching from road to footpath- weaving between traffic and worst of all running straight through red lights if they dont see any traffic coming disregarding pedestrians right to cross on the green man) and then somehow expect drivers to give them space and respect. And god NOONE in their right mind would cycle in manhattan- a friend who lives there told me seeing a cyclist get split in to at his abdomen in a crash there a couple of years back tells you why.

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