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[–] regul@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Those three scenarios you mentioned are all only dangerous because of cars.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

Actually, the closest I've come to colliding with someone doing this shit is when I was riding my bike - on the correct side of the road - and suddenly encountered a cyclist (a mom towing her two kids on a trailer, no less) head-on coming the wrong way around a blind turn. I was barely able to avoid hitting her; if I'd been in a car going 25 mph I almost certainly would have hit her.

It's just fucking stupid because it's contrary to other drivers' (and cyclists') expectations and gives them virtually no chance of avoiding the situation or reacting correctly, and it also happens to be straight-up illegal.

[–] regul@lemm.ee -3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

And yet had you collided, it's very unlikely that anyone would have died.

[–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Bikes can be lethal. See my other comment here.

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