Originally Posted by
FenderTL5
Interesting. Here, I'd rather ride downtown than in the subburb any day, any time. There's a whole different mindset between them. In the burb, I run lights and flashers, Hi-Viz, and cameras.. downtown I don't bother except for the basics.
OP, glad you're safe.
I must live in an unusually nice suburban area here. Nice shoulders that might as well be a bike lane, and drivers that look out for me more often than not, with only the occasional "You go first. No, you go first." politeness tussle at the stop signs, and more side road routes than you can shake a stick at. Traffic is rarely all that heavy here, either.