Originally Posted by
wilfried
To be blunt, that sounds exactly like pearl clutching. It's like the countless stories I've heard or read people tell of "almost" getting creamed by a bicycle, as reasons for hating bike lanes or bicycle share. But none that I've heard about, either first or second hand, have actually been seriously hurt. I've been in my share of scrapes or near scrapes with other bikes, but I haven't been seriously hurt, nor, apparently, have you.
To be blunt right back, no, you're wrong. I'll address this later but as an fyi, I HAVE been in the emergency room as a result of some idiot hitting me head on because he was where shouldn't be. I was almost literally in between a rock and a hard place... The hard place being a truck.
Do not respond to me as if I am some hysterical ninny. I've lived in Lower Manhattan for the past 30 years. I've been riding since I was six. I can tell the difference between an annoyance and a hazard.