The light bumper contact on the back wheel will be their first indication, second will the flipping head over heals and sliding chin first through the gravel and broken beer bottles on the side of the road.
Not a bad idea, but how does a cyclist know when there are 5 cars? Is there some kind of mirror or shoulder check requirement?
As a year round bike commuter the reality for me is that I don't fit entirely within one absolute standard. A section of my ride is in a residential neighborhood where I ride on the street, and don't stop at every stop sign. There is a section with a bike lane where I ride in the car lane on trash day to avoid the garbage cans. There is a section where I ride on the sidewalk because the side of the street has a big gap between the asphalt and concrete curb apron that would easily suck in a bicycle tire and the car traffic is usually going above the speed limit. There are sections where I take the lane because I need to make a left turn or the road curves and cars typically drive to the right of the white line. There is a section with pylons dividing lanes that I sometimes slalom through just for fun and another where I race buses up a hill from the stop light. I ride through a college campus sharing sidewalks with 100's of students doing the zombie text walk.
I ride exactly how I think is safest or the most fun or the fastest or most convenient for me. I don't worry in the least if someone gets butthurt over my actions and it honestly feels good that I might be annoying some whiny bitch like tynopik.
At the same time I don't get upset having to use my brake pedal and steering wheel to navigate around all the stuff that happens while driving. I can't imagine being the type of person that frets over every day life occurrences and feels a need to ban anything uncomfortable.
My friend rides his bike. He told new that he likes to ride in the left lane. Is that even allowed? What about accidents? Isn't that the fast lane?
The leading cause of death among young adults? What kind of crack are you doing?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q="leading+cause+of+death+among+young+adults."
hmm.. HIV, Suicide, Aids, disease... which one of those is riding a bike?
Based on the link you rely on for your alarming statistic, per mile traveled, I have a 0.0000126% chance of being killed on a bicycle.
Based on the same link by car I have a 0.000011% chance of being killed.
I probably have a greater chance of being killed by a sharknado.
It's pure self ownage. The one suggesting bicycling is too dangerous to be permitted is actually arguing that cars are far too dangerous and should be removed from the situation. Buddy doesn't even know he is arguing against himself.
Of course it matters. Travel tends to be safer over longer distances. It's one aspect of why travel by plane is so often claimed as safer per mile than by car and that people who fly longer trips are safer than people who fly several shorter trips.
Using a per mile comparison for air travel doesn't mean much when the most danger occurs at beginning and end of each trip, not during the time when most of the miles are accumulated. There are similar reason of why per mile comparison doesn't say much between other forms of transportation.
Make sense?
I was referring to car accidents, which are indeed #1 for 15-24 year olds
Cars cause more deaths because they're used far far more. But per mile they're safer than bikes. This isn't a difficult concept.
I still don't understand what you're arguing here. You think we should not have cars? Ban driving? That's the only thing that seems to keep popping up in your comments. Driving seems way too dangerous so we should get rid of it?
That's like saying someone who shoots 1000 bullets and hits 100 people and kills them is less deadly than someone who fires two bullets and kills two people. The first guy only has a 10% kill rate while the second guy has a 100% kill rate. Which guy is deadlier?
Look at how deadly driving is
Then think about how cycling is 10x deadlier than that
Then realize why bikes and cars don't belong on the road together
I don't think it's just cyclists. On the trails I walk and hike on I've noticed that over the last few years people have gotten surly. If you nod or wave and say hello they just ignore you or give you an irritated glance. Not all, but far more than five years ago. I think people are just stressed out and pissed off and want to be left alone, or at least that's my working theory.
But cycling isn't 10 times more dangerous than driving.
I don't think it's just cyclists. On the trails I walk and hike on I've noticed that over the last few years people have gotten surly. If you nod or wave and say hello they just ignore you or give you an irritated glance. Not all, but far more than five years ago. I think people are just stressed out and pissed off and want to be left alone, or at least that's my working theory.