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uh...have you ridden in a bike lane? you'd have to be an idiot to ride to the inside of them if there are parked cars. getting doored is not fun. trust me.
spec: i don't know, maybe things look differently from the sidewalk, or maybe the fact that i rode into the loop every day for 2 years wasn't long enough, but i seriously haven't seen much of what you're talking about. maybe a few who try to jet across an intersection under the mistaken belief they can beat the light--i dunno. groups of pedestrians crossing against a light--that i can kinda understand. but with the light? almost never. not even couriers, who usually get blamed for this sort of stuff.
but the loop is chaos--it's one of the most nerve-wracking places to ride a bike i've ever experienced.
i'm not saying anything never happens, btw--i just haven't seen much of it. nothing like what folk are talking about. and i've never been endangered by another biker--but i cannot tell you how many cars have put me in danger, often significant danger. the way i figure it, if i'm turning and have to get into the outside to do it, i'm going and i really don't care if it slows down drivers. i really don't. you have to act as though most people in cars are not going to see you, that they're potential problems. if you don't do that, you don't ride in busy areas of the city.
come to think of it, i know at least a half dozen friends who have been hit by cars while riding.
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