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  • I’m in a very car-centric city (Phoenix, AZ) but I use a cargo bike all the time, probably 90% of my local trips. I can’t count how many times someone in a car has done something to make my life a little easier, giving me a bit more space for example or waving me through so I don’t have to stop. There’s lots of bike hater stories out there, but it’s almost never been like that for me.

    And on the other side, I let people know they have a tail/brake light out, all the time. Once you start noticing it, there’s a LOT of them.
















  • I wear a helmet. Either I’m mountain biking, or I’m in a bike lane along cars, where I’m riding in the 22-25mph range and the cars are in the 45-50mph range. If I get directly run into, it probably won’t make a lot of difference, but if I get clipped/knocked down, way more likely, it quite likely will.

    I don’t think they should be mandatory, but it does bring up the same arguments that get made about motorcycles - if you don’t wear one and you crash, will the (horrible, shitty, awful, stupid, American) insurance industry try to reduce their liability? Rhetorical question, of course they will.