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Gunshow Poophole posted:is this guy on a bike himself chasing the skater? I have heard barentsen's name before but it just seems so smooth... and also incredibly dangerous even for him lol i just 20 min ago bruised a rib biffing it to some rocks flying under me near some road construction, and the majority of my biffs are literal garbage in the road or mta pushing reds/bike lanes. i can usually handle going around a lovely car fine but a bus can go wide enough to take a whole road or drive me straight into another lane so ill eat gravel over bus.
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it's probably my conceptions being off but I just feel like being closer to the street and directly connected via your skates is way more controllable and minimizes reaction times etc. I should have been a Blade Bro when I lived uptown. they even had those new bike lanes on second, I bet the delivery guys would let you skitch a few blocks
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mystes posted:Having people turn through the bike lane is also bad though Is this for stop signs only? How do they deal with people going right on red? Gunshow Poophole posted:is this guy on a bike himself chasing the skater? I have heard barentsen's name before but it just seems so smooth... and also incredibly dangerous even for him when he dodged between a couple of pedestrians I had a 20 year old memory pop up of going between two people and someone else hurrying around from behind one of them and having a gigantic collision trevorreznik has issued a correction as of 17:18 on Aug 3, 2023 |
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trevorreznik posted:Is this for stop signs only? How do they deal with people going right on red? you dont allow right on red
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the city has tossed up NO RIGHT ON RED signs at a ton of intersections within a half mile of the downtown core and its really pissing folks off who want to go right on red. I'm just sitting there like "the sign says not to sorry".
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:the city has tossed up NO RIGHT ON RED signs at a ton of intersections within a half mile of the downtown core and its really pissing folks off who want to go right on red. people just ignore that poo poo around here  more than once I've had people drive around me into opposing traffic to take the right on red here when I wouldn't
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no right on red? NO! turn right on red!
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there’s a few intersections on my commute that have a giant “No turn on red” sign that lights up when the bike lane has a green light. I still have to look over my left shoulder before going because of the number of people who don’t even stop before turning right while that sign is on. Right hand hooked and doored are my 2 biggest fears while biking, I will get behind cars instead of along side them at certain intersections just to avoid getting right hand hooked.
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eXXon posted:Anyway that stuttering skater guy claims to have picked up rollerblading 3 odd years ago (what happened then?) and is insanely slick trevorreznik posted:Is this for stop signs only? How do they deal with people going right on red? mystes has issued a correction as of 17:36 on Aug 3, 2023 |
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no right on red at weird as gently caress intersections (5-ways, strange angular crossings) makes sense and it's wild that people would make their own rules there. no right on red at regular intersections is the smallest bone thrown to pedestrians who often have to stare down cars inching toward them as they try to get across (often in a wheel chair or with all of their belongings with them).
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raggedphoto posted:I will get behind cars instead of along side them at certain intersections just to avoid getting right hand hooked. Everyone should do this. Most cyclists are killed in the US by motorists squishing them as they turn right without looking
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:no right on red at weird as gently caress intersections (5-ways, strange angular crossings) makes sense and it's wild that people would make their own rules there.  People run the straight red light all the time by pulling up to the left light and turning right on red. It's the wild west out here
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raggedphoto posted:there’s a few intersections on my commute that have a giant “No turn on red” sign that lights up when the bike lane has a green light. I still have to look over my left shoulder before going because of the number of people who don’t even stop before turning right while that sign is on. Right hand hooked and doored are my 2 biggest fears while biking, I will get behind cars instead of along side them at certain intersections just to avoid getting right hand hooked.
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there's a super unique 5-way intersection near me and last week I saw an old dude crossing at one of the corners. as I got closer I noticed his bright blue shirt said: ALWAYS BE CROSSING and THEN I realized the graphic on his shirt was an overhead view of the intersection he was standing at with the pedestrian paths shown. dude blew my drat mind.
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https://www.cp24.com/news/city-investigating-conduct-of-employee-who-pushed-protester-with-car-at-high-park-1.6505379 Counter-protester: cars in High Park are dangerous Driver: no they aren't and I will drive my car into you to prove it Bonus points for the driver being a city employee
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:there's a super unique 5-way intersection near me and last week I saw an old dude crossing at one of the corners. What a loving legend!
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raggedphoto posted:there’s a few intersections on my commute that have a giant “No turn on red” sign that lights up when the bike lane has a green light. I still have to look over my left shoulder before going because of the number of people who don’t even stop before turning right while that sign is on. Right hand hooked and doored are my 2 biggest fears while biking, I will get behind cars instead of along side them at certain intersections just to avoid getting right hand hooked. You have to stare at their front wheel and react instantly if it starts to move toward you. It sucks
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Ensign Expendable posted:https://www.cp24.com/news/city-investigating-conduct-of-employee-who-pushed-protester-with-car-at-high-park-1.6505379 Death to all drivers. We have a cool massive intersection downtown of two left turn lanes with a green left turn arrow that lights up at the same time the walk signal gives you the go ahead to take your life into your loving hands
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Mauser posted:Death to all drivers. i think it was in WI where i read an old law that any jaywalker would only have to give a car ‘a sporting chance’ of stopping to have right of way
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one thing Seattle did in the last year is time the pedestrian crossing signal so that it activates two seconds before the car signal turns green. this gives pedestrians a chance to get started crossing and keeps right turners at bay.
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That's something Montreal has been doing for a while now: -No right turn on red in the city, no exceptions. -90%+ of intersections have the pedestrian walk signal turn on by itself, no need to push a button -Pedestrians are given a head start of 3 seconds before the light turns green to cars. Sometimes there's even a white light that gives buses a headstart.
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Don Pigeon posted:That's something Montreal has been doing for a while now: lol Americans would start bombing poo poo if we implemented any of that here
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:lol Americans would start bombing poo poo if we implemented any of that here Yeah like the fucker with US plates who almost creamed me turning on red (and then went my exact speed the whole way up the road because the lights are synchronized for cyclist speeds on some Montreal roads, so that I could yell at him for a solid 15min)
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:one thing Seattle did in the last year is time the pedestrian crossing signal so that it activates two seconds before the car signal turns green. i've started to see drivers catching on to this so they'll start inching into crosswalks when they see the crossing signal go active. same with the bike lights at certain intersections
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yeah and they also use the pedestrian countdown timer as a "speed up it's about to turn yellow!" indicator. what can you do though
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Don Pigeon posted:That's something Montreal has been doing for a while now: Denver has started doing some of this as well, the lightpoles in the downtown core don't even have buttons - the lights give Walk signals with every cycle. Fun fact, the Pedestrian Scramble originated in Denver! We still have RTOR but our new mayor has expressed support for abolishing it, here's hoping! Gunshow Poophole posted:is this guy on a bike himself chasing the skater? I have heard barentsen's name before but it just seems so smooth... and also incredibly dangerous even for him I'd never heard of this guy before and genuinely thought the video was taken by a drone until he mentioned a bike
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Mauser posted:Machine gun turrets at every intersection that swivel around to follow the red light signals I love this, but I've always loved the idea of auto-bollards that are synced with the lights.
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sim posted:I love this, but I've always loved the idea of auto-bollards that are synced with the lights. They took a two way street here and turned it into one way plus a bike lane protected by those deflector things and within a week some rear end in a top hat drove three blocks up the street in a truck knocking the deflectors over. I wonder what Americans would do if bollards were installed. probably terrorism.
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This happened eight years ago and people are still incredibly pissed about it  
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Ensign Expendable posted:https://www.cp24.com/news/city-investigating-conduct-of-employee-who-pushed-protester-with-car-at-high-park-1.6505379 I want to see this loving coward's name made public.
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:yeah and they also use the pedestrian countdown timer as a "speed up it's about to turn yellow!" indicator. Retractable bollards obviously.
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:carbrain triple post hosed up that this is viewed as a problem instead of a solution
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:lol Americans would start bombing poo poo if we implemented any of that here Right turns on red have been illegal in New York City since forever.
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Clark Nova posted:hosed up that this is viewed as a problem instead of a solution Sewage: the solution to cleaning up our streets.
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mystes posted:somehow I don't think anyone in his videos has actually ever hurt a pedestrian and so while in theory it's obviously not safe Same for that other rear end in a top hat who keeps wooshing by peds and trying to startle them. Peds are to you what you are to cars, act loving accordingly goddamn Fitzy Fitz posted:Why does this look so uncanny? Grassy Knowles posted:lol i just 20 min ago bruised a rib biffing it to some rocks flying under me near some road construction, and the majority of my biffs are literal garbage in the road both of my injuries were to gravel left on the lane by constructions and hidden by something else (one time variable tree shade, the other wet ground). crews are usually quite receptive to me telling them it's dangerous, it mostly just doesn't occur to them. evil_bunnY has issued a correction as of 21:00 on Aug 3, 2023 |
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mystes posted:"how dare you almost get hit by me" You made me use the stop sign
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trevorreznik posted:How do they deal with people going right on red? lmfao
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