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[-] kevinsky@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There aren't any basic traffic rules that apply in the absence of signage where you are at?

Where I live people know what to do on an entirely unmarked road and/or intersection just by what they are driving/riding on.

Most of these rules just boil down to not being an absolutele prick by the way. Doing 40 on a bike lane unless stopped by a sign, and not, say, situational reality (like seeing a crossing coming), would be exactly that.

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

Bicycles aren't just "fun"

People use then to get places. Like to get to work, to make deliveries, to pickup kids from school, etc.

You need to plan for people traveling on bicycles at traveling speeds. And that includes signage and traffic lights so that cyclists don't have to brake at every intersection.

Accelerating with a cargo bicycle full of groceries every block is a huge decrease to efficiency

[-] kevinsky@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Bicycles aren’t just “fun”

People use then to get places. Like to get to work, to make deliveries, to pickup kids from school, etc.

Where did I suggest otherwise? I commute over 200km's a week on a bicycle myself.

You need to plan for people traveling on bicycles at traveling speeds. And that includes signage and traffic lights so that cyclists don’t have to brake at every intersection.

What difference does it make braking for lighting or signage that orders you to do so, or an unmarked intersection?

Accelerating with a cargo bicycle full of groceries every block is a huge decrease to efficiency

I do weekly groceries on an unassisted cargo bike and this really just isn't a real problem. The stopping an starting.

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