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Chard069 t1_j2pivgv wrote

Way back when, I was a commercial bike courier in San Francisco, and I had to quickly but carefully dodge many vehicles occupying what few bike lanes existed downtown then. Is someone inside? Slap a window. Are pedestrians absent? Ride the sidewalk. I was only endangered once, as a car door opened right in front of me. Brake fast, hey?

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Link7369_reddit t1_j2q938l wrote

Bikers don't' even have to knowingly be endangered once to get absolutely killed by traffic.

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Chard069 t1_j2vpd9h wrote

Fortunately, most street traffic in San Francisco's business district could not move fast, so I almost always had a survivable margin. And I rode sidewalks when prudent. It worked!

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