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Jeremy Parker
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"Erik Sandblom" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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[email protected]...
> Hello
>
> I understand cycle paths are a touchy subject with this group, as
> they are considered unsafe, especially where they cross car roads
> (duh).
[snip]
"Car roads", known in Britain as "motorways". are not the problem.
There are laws requiring that when such roads are built they not
sever other roads, footpaths and so on. Anyway, such roads form a
very small fraction of the total road system. Most roads are open to
all, and only the most Neanderthal and prejudiced of Britons think
that "vehicular traffic" does not include bicycles.
It's ordinary roads that can be a problem, and driveways as well.
After all, cars hit bikes when their paths intersect, which is why
the vast majority of car-bike collisions occur at intersections -
driveways after all are also intersections
Jeremy Parker
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[email protected]...> Hello
>
> I understand cycle paths are a touchy subject with this group, as
> they are considered unsafe, especially where they cross car roads
> (duh).
[snip]
"Car roads", known in Britain as "motorways". are not the problem.
There are laws requiring that when such roads are built they not
sever other roads, footpaths and so on. Anyway, such roads form a
very small fraction of the total road system. Most roads are open to
all, and only the most Neanderthal and prejudiced of Britons think
that "vehicular traffic" does not include bicycles.
It's ordinary roads that can be a problem, and driveways as well.
After all, cars hit bikes when their paths intersect, which is why
the vast majority of car-bike collisions occur at intersections -
driveways after all are also intersections
Jeremy Parker
