If they can catch me, nyoom.
this post was submitted on 25 May 2025
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The bicycle infrastructure is decades behind the Europeans, especially the Netherlands and the large cities in Germany. For example, there are traffic signals controlling bicycle traffic. The other problem, the lawyers can defend an idiot running red lights on a bicycle.
especially [...] the large cities in Germany
Laughing and crying in Berlin here after just three near death experiences on my way to work.
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I sympathise with the message but cycle infrastructure in German cities is bad to the extent there are parody songs about it
Jokes on you I got both on an e-bike
Can't comment on NYC, but a huge chunk of cyclists in my area are genuinely reckless, Ebikes or not. I can understand that bikes are less dangerous than cars, but that doesn't mean bikes can't kill or injure anyone.
but that doesn’t mean bikes can’t kill or injure anyone.
Who claimed the opposite?