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I don't understand how it's safer for cyclists to ride in the street.

Sure, it's pretty simple really. Even if you're riding on the sidewalk, you're going to need to cross at intersections, and curb-cuts like driveways. If you're in the street you're visible. If you're not, you're likely to get hit by turning cars.

Statistics show that the chances of your being hit by a turning car are much, much greater than being hit by an overtaking vehicle. Cyclists actually make themselves *less* safe by riding on the sidewalks, even in high-traffic multilane roads.

Generally we do this as a favor to drivers. As you might imagine, we don't get a whole heck of a lot of credit for it, though.

by oboe on May 15, 2011 7:30 pm • link • report

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