ExFed

Great! Have you learned how to give cyclists the right of way yet?

More people need to leave the culture of consumerism behind in order for any meaningful change to happen.

Probably true. I’m not going to argue; I also feel that consumerism is generally harmful to society.

Cyclists are putting themselves and everyone else at a greater risk when they decide to try and share the road with motor vehicles. [citation needed]

I, too, once thought being forced to slow down and pay attention to my surroundings would put people in danger, but I have since grown into an adult with children and neighbors I care about. Why do you think roundabouts are safer and less congested than traffic signals? I’d be extremely unsurprised if road sharing actually made them safer overall.

Cyclists are putting themselves and everyone else at a greater risk when they decide to try and share the road with motor vehicles. [citation needed]

Keep telling yourself that if it helps you sleep at night. I, too, once thought being forced to slow down and pay attention to my surroundings would put people in danger, but I have since grown into an adult. Why do you think roundabouts are safer and less congested than traffic signals? I’d be extremely unsurprised if road sharing actually made them safer overall.

You make it sound like the people behind the wheels of said cars have no choice. They do: slow down and vote for non-car-centric infrastructure. Motor vehicles are in the top ten causes of death, ahead of kidney disease, AIDS, and homicide. We should probably stop forcing ourselves to engage in such an extremely risky activity.

That’s literally all an infrastructure (and infrastructure planning) problem. Designers planned for car-centric infrastructure, so that’s what we got. Sprawl begets sprawl; spreading out destinations means you need more pipes/sewage/electrical/roadway to reach each destination, and roadways are space-inefficient, so the problem compounds.

Your ability to violently catapult literal tons of metal and plastic has no weight on their right to use the road. Keep your angry toys out of cyclists way.

Maybe build infrastructure that gets people off the road so you can get to work on time.

Last I checked a bike takes up less space than a car.