• limelight79@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I cycle thousands of miles each year, and I haven’t seen a cyclist run a red in years. Depends on where we’re riding, I guess.

    So, why are you asking me to deescalate? Have you asked everyone else in this post and the author of the comic itself? Why pick me?

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      1 month ago

      That’s fair… I didn’t mean to single you out. There were a LOT of posts, and I suppose the emphatic and sarcastic nature of yours drew my attention.

      That said, I meant this as a general statement to all the commenters of this nature, and your comment is just where it happened to land. I don’t have any personal grudge.

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      1 month ago

      Been in a college town recently? College kids are basically the cyclist in the comic.

      They’re also the most dangerous drivers too…

      Maybe we should just make everyone walk till the age of 25.

      • Ziglin (it/they)@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        I haven’t noticed anything like that in college towns apart from late at night when it’s cold, there’s barely anyone around and the lights sometimes just don’t change for bicycles because they are too light. (The most common possibly illegal thing I’ve seen is bicycles overtaking cars stopped at lights to get to to the bike spots on a bicycle road where in some cases the cars aren’t even supposed to be.)

        Meanwhile drivers almost all seem better but I am also aware that most