Old 01-11-19, 05:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Wilmingtech
Florida (central) was the worst as far as roads/traffic. Flat, humid, crazy lost tourists.

New England is beautiful but those small rolling hill back roads can be super dangerous. Small streets in a lot of the older towns.

Where I live now in the mountains of the PNW, its amazeballs. Every corner is like whaaa?? And there are all kinds of roads and paths and trails for miles. Can be dangerous on some roads but most are wide enough and there is almost no traffic unless its a holiday .

Both Florida and the south should be some of the best locations to ride for obvious reason. To bad the locals (which in fact are largely displaced from other states and countries) don't respect cyclist.

And to add to that, the states lackadaisical view when it comes to enforcing the safety laws (not even cops recognize the 3 ft law) and prosecution motorist who violate them.

Motorist can literally run down a cyclist, say they didn't see him, and get home in time for dinner none the worse for wear. Its just frightening how trivial a cyclist life is in many of these southern state.

Of course the infrastructure, or lack there of, most certainly plays a large part is cycling safety too.
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