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saelthavronyesterday at 9:59 PM1 replyview on HN

Wouldn't it be safer for the bikers and people exiting on the bike lane side of the car if the bike lane was blocked?


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gpmtoday at 1:16 AM

No. Cars entering the bike lane is dangerous. Bicycles being encouraged to enter the car lane to avoid the car illegally blocking it is dangerous.

The car stopping in car lane, far enough from the bike lane that its doors won't enter it, and letting the passengers out into the road, is by far the safest. Yes, that means now-pedestrians end up crossing the bike lane. That's a lot better than a car. They move slower, and more predictably, while simultaneously not blocking it for long enough that anyone is motivated to deke (my spellchecker doesn't like that? Is that a word outside Canada?) out into traffic.

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