The problem is everyone drinking then riding a bike with a phone in 1 hand and a cigarette in the other, wearing a thin plastic hat with zero protection instead of a helmet and ignoring red lights.
But if the anti-drunk-motorcycling initiatives are a bit more successful like they have been for car operation in the US, and they continue to expand the bus system while lowering cost, it will be much safer than the US, just because everyone rides so slow and cars watch out for bikes. I have literally never seen road rage or people being a dick by trying to block someone from passing in Vietnam, meanwhile every motorcyclist in the US has had cars intentionally block them from filtering/splitting, yell at them, or try to push them out of their lane. Hell even on Lemmy I have had random car-brains tell me I am endangering them by splitting or passing traffic in ways cars can’t.
Over the last 2 years, since cops starting watching the worst lights and put cameras at a lot, I’ve seen many fewer people going 3+ seconds during a red light. I think it will be uncommon in a few more years.
I have literally never seen road rage or people being a dick by trying to block someone from passing in Vietnam,
Entirely true, but then I’ve only ever seen 300 mopeds/motorcycles line up across both lanes of an intersection and just weave through eachother when the light goes green (or before) in Asia. On the other hand, I’ve never seen it go wrong.
meanwhile every motorcyclist in the US has had cars intentionally block them from filtering/splitting, yell at them, or try to push them out of their lane. Hell even on Lemmy I have had random car-brains tell me I am endangering them by splitting or passing traffic in ways cars can’t.
Carbrains are the weirdest people. “How dare you not make traffic worse like I am?!” is such a uniquely shit take. Buuuut, I do see plenty of lane splitting at >50km/h here in europe too.
The problem is everyone drinking then riding a bike with a phone in 1 hand and a cigarette in the other, wearing a thin plastic hat with zero protection instead of a helmet and ignoring red lights.
But if the anti-drunk-motorcycling initiatives are a bit more successful like they have been for car operation in the US, and they continue to expand the bus system while lowering cost, it will be much safer than the US, just because everyone rides so slow and cars watch out for bikes. I have literally never seen road rage or people being a dick by trying to block someone from passing in Vietnam, meanwhile every motorcyclist in the US has had cars intentionally block them from filtering/splitting, yell at them, or try to push them out of their lane. Hell even on Lemmy I have had random car-brains tell me I am endangering them by splitting or passing traffic in ways cars can’t.
Over the last 2 years, since cops starting watching the worst lights and put cameras at a lot, I’ve seen many fewer people going 3+ seconds during a red light. I think it will be uncommon in a few more years.
Entirely true, but then I’ve only ever seen 300 mopeds/motorcycles line up across both lanes of an intersection and just weave through eachother when the light goes green (or before) in Asia. On the other hand, I’ve never seen it go wrong.
Carbrains are the weirdest people. “How dare you not make traffic worse like I am?!” is such a uniquely shit take. Buuuut, I do see plenty of lane splitting at >50km/h here in europe too.