Some worry that New York City’s crackdown on unsafe cyclists leaves them facing greater consequences than drivers, even though cars cause more fatalities.

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    The bicycle infrastructure is decades behind the Europeans, especially the Netherlands and the large cities in Germany. For example, there are traffic signals controlling bicycle traffic. The other problem, the lawyers can defend an idiot running red lights on a bicycle.

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      3 days ago

      especially […] the large cities in Germany

      Laughing and crying in Berlin here after just three near death experiences on my way to work.

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        Surely it’ll get better now that modal filters across residential streets were declared illegal.