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Hey, apologies for my vacant look when I saw you on Vicky road the other day.
Topically, I was distracted by a pranny in a bmw that was shouting at me for not having been on the cycle lane at that bit where the cycle lane is virtually unusable.
Mrs M_V has started riding to work to avoid public transport and while I’m still furloughed I’m riding with her.
Interestingly it was me, on the cargo bike that held the driver’s attention much more than her on her ‘normal’ bike. Kind of opposite of reports on here of cargo bikes getting more room.
I think if I was choosing a route into town I’d avoid Vicky rd at least until the cycle lanes are finished as there definitely seems to be an expectation for you to use them, regardless of how difficult/impossible that might be but she hasn’t got the confidence to ride on roads that don’t have cycle lanes (Ie Kilmarnock road) especially since there was that fatality at the junction in the Bungo last year.
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I think it is also very useful to point out that often driving and walking feel safer than cycling but aren't actually much different from cycling, relatively speaking. Cycling does have a sightly higher risk associated but nobody ever gives you shit for driving kids around or crossing the road with a pram... Despite the risks.