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What a great combo. Deaths of helmeted cyclists on a path!

Originally Posted by Pat
Around here our bicycle paths have a number of blind corners.
Around here we have those same blind corners on narrow paths that have been put in by well meaning advocates for bicycles. A couple were put in to avoid large intersections or around bridges to make it "safer" for cyclists, but I see more danger on the narrow path with blind corner than a well designed, visible, wide, controlled intersection.

I have a problem when those same advocates are shown the problem with the design and then refuse to do anything to change the paths once they are put in.

It's similar to the bike lanes that are placed next to parked cars and the cars doors swing out into the bike lane. We have some of those here too and after I showed the city bike advocates the results of these doors swinging into cyclists, they wouldn't alter the lanes to make them safer.
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