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Old 12-02-18, 03:12 PM
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JoeyBike
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Originally Posted by Dahon.Steve
The bike lanes are not that bad! They are bad if you intend to ride above 10 mph! I use them for kick scooting with my Xootr and very rarely have issues because I'm slow. The person in the YouTube video makes it look far worse because that's his intention! He purposely rode fast in the bike lane with people all around the sidewalk to create controversy and get more hits to his video. More views means more money. It's actually very safe if you are slow and you're not making a YouTube video for profit.
Yeah, that's a good point. But how much better would those lanes be without pedestrians using them a sidewalk extensions?
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