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Forcing pedestrians to cross at intersections was fucking disgusting in the first place. Would you rather cross (a) in the middle of a two lane street without a crosswalk but with full awareness of the direction/speed of traffic, or (b) at an intersection where you're expected to trust every single lunatic to obey signals and not crush you with their car/truck/whatever, simul…
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I don't think there's inherently any problem with letting cyclists use the sidewalk. I certainly used to back when I had a bike, and I lived in a *tiny* town. The actual problem is that road development gives way too much priority to motorists. If sidewalks were expanded more often than roads, we would see all of these problems gradually disappear. Pedestrians wouldn't be so …
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Can you maintain that awareness for the impatient idiots that randomly speed up behind you wanting to turn on a red light even though the crosswalk signal is active? More people do that than you would think. You can use crosswalks if you like, but I've almost been murdered several times since using them here. When I can help it, I avoid them. When highways are safer to cross …
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Come to think of it, that makes sense. I seemed to be arguing with a past tendency to avoid roads (even on my bike), but now that you put it that way, it does make sense. Then again, would you blame cyclists for wanting to avoid certain death? This problem has many symptoms.
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