Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

AbsentEmpire t1_j6n40ej wrote

Reply to comment by LowPermission9 in Third Bicyclist Killed in Philadelphia in January 2023 - Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia by hdhcnsnd

Most of the bike lanes in this city are so bad they might as well not exist in practice.

I find biking in the suburbs to actually be safer most of the time because the streets are so wide cars pass you with enough space.

Drivers are also held to a higher degree of accountability in burbs since the cops there actually enforce traffic laws.

Worst case you can bike on the sidewalks and use them as a properly designed separated bike lane, because no fat ass in the suburbs walks, so they're always empty.

8

LowPermission9 t1_j6no5j9 wrote

I was about to admonish you for riding on the sidewalk until I got to your rationalization, and then I just laughed.

2

AbsentEmpire t1_j6noeh9 wrote

Ya, I don't bike on sidewalks in the city, people are actually walking on them.

I actually just don't bike all that much at all anymore, since the lock downs the drivers have gotten even worse and I just don't feel safe biking in the city anymore.

5