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[–] smeg 12 points 2 months ago

I used to live in a "Sunbelt" college town that branded itself as bike friendly, had loads of trails around the city, built some pleasant outdoor spaces, and had an active transportation committee for the city. I attended some of those meetings, and they always started with a monthly review of pedestrian and cyclist injuries from automobiles - during every review, law enforcement, members of the committee, and even the city council member chairing the committee and who claimed to be pro-bike, would ALL make up any carbrain excuse for the driver of the car. "Well technically the cyclist had the right of way, but... ". Cyclist went when the crossing was green and the car ran a red? Still the cyclist's fault.