I'm often a pedestrian, and I gotta say: yes, a distracted or aggressive driver can kill ya, but it seems to me that a distracted or aggressive cyclist can still fuck you up pretty badly, and as a percentage by vehicle type I'm noticing a lot more of the latter lately
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Agree 100%, and I'm extremely supportive of better bike infrastructure, but this doesn't justify cruising through crosswalks on a red light or speeding around on urban sidewalks, esp. where there's low visibility at corners. This really is entitled behavior.
IMO, part of the problem is that a dangerous environment dissuades a lot of safety-conscious cyclists, increasing the % on urban streets who aren't averse to risk. If you're behaving recklessly, better that you're on a bike than in a car, but that doesn't justify the recklessness
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Better bike infrastructure wouldn’t matter one bit; cyclists don’t respect infrastructure. They alternate at will between using car and pedestrian rights-of-way. To avoid them, you must always assume that they’ll do whatever is expedient for them in the moment.
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They alternate between using car and pedestrian rights of way because they don’t have their own. Cities with real cycling infrastructure don’t have that problem
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