Originally Posted by
B. Carfree
With doorings accounting for 22% of all injury-accidents to cyclists, the city wants to create cycletracks, which often trap cyclists in a door zone? That's just nuts. Heaven forbid we do something about the scofflaw motorists who are actually killing and injuring people. Instead, let's start fining the cyclists and get them back into cars. Brilliant! And let's not forget that 18% of the incidents involved functionally blind motorists.
My impression was that the city just wanted to fine cyclist and pass a mandatory helmet law, while it was the Boston 'cycling advocates' that wanted the cycletracks.
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