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Old 04-12-25 | 12:47 PM
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Steve B.
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Originally Posted by PeteHski
Is this riding against the flow of traffic a US thing then? I’ve never seen any cyclist ride this way where I live in the UK. It would amount to a death wish on our roads!
In my area, Long Island, NY, lots of immigrants working the lower paying service industry jobs, McDonlads, Landscaping, construction, etc,.., can’t afford cars, use bikes. If you pay attention, lots of bikes locked up outside the back of diners and such. Often riding in the dark, wearing dark clothes, no reflectors or lighting and riding wrong side of the road as they don’t know better and don’t know the law. They are in car/bike accidents all the time and are usually killed and when I read about in the news I am aware that too many times it’s probably not the motorists fault.
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