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Infrastructure in Your Area (self.bicycling)
submitted 2 years ago by wolfeh to c/bicycling
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I live in a rural area, so there isn't really anything close to cycling infrastructure... but there are enough people on bikes around that most motorized vehicles slow down, move over, and even indicate!

I guess this would depend a lot on what local councils and governments prioritize.

What's the state of cycling in your area?

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[–] MiddleWeigh 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Horrible. The roads are chip and oil and degraded. Mt. Bike is a must. Even then the people drive like assholes...for instance we had a DUI checkpoint around the corner at 8am mid week. So ya. Even driving a car I been ran off the road 2 or 2 times.

It's very hilly so it's good for exercise but If your biking to actually get somewhere, kinda sucks and everything is super far apart.

[–] wolfeh 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ouch. I do pick up enough beer cans (and liquor/wine bottles) along the side of my commute route to be worried about the state of the drivers on the road. I usually commute in to work around 04:00 and come home around 14:30, so thankfully I don't encounter too many people swerving or driving erratically.

The worst I've gotten is people being angry that I'm "in the way," and it also doesn't help that some people associate bicycling with being poor or losing one's driver's license... meaning that sympathy from those people is very limited.

[–] MiddleWeigh 4 points 2 years ago

Yea people hate bikes around here lol. "Where tf are you even going?" 😒