• JustinA
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    1 day ago

    Those aren’t bicycle lanes, they’re clear zones to protect drivers so they won’t hit a tree or a pole and ding their $100k truck.

    All that could happen is that they kill a bicyclist and drag them for a few hundred feet, but that washes off.

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      1 day ago

      If the truck on the bottom right made a right turn instead of going straight, it would cross a cycle lane.

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        1 day ago

        But that right turn would mean driving in the wrong direction. See the arrows? Diverging diamond intersections Force traffic to drive on the left side of the road instead of the right.

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            23 hours ago

            OH! I see, now. The one I usually ride on has separated/raised bike paths in those areas which shortens the distance you have to cross