Originally Posted by
jtaylor996
Cyclists are an interesting study in self affirmation, or at least in the determination to believe what you want. Somehow, there's no instance where riding on the road is too dangerous, and we hear about how it's more dangerous to drive in a car or more likely you'll be eaten by a shark or something like that.... yet at the same time MUPs are the most dangerous things on this earth and heaven forbid if you ride on a side walk you're going to get cancer instantly and, by god, you'd have deserved it, too.
One has the danger to the cyclist, and the danger to everyone else.
I don't worry about getting taken out by a car on a MUP.
But, there is always the risk of wiping out a kid.
The risks can be minimized with using caution around others, curves, and intersections.
Of course, a different kind of caution also helps on the roads.
The two are different, but I see them as complimenting each other. I do welcome streetside bike paths, but they also seem to be glass magnets (not as much with the MUPS).