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Atlanta's New Bike Barriers Are Flipping Cars and That's a Good Thing (www.motorbiscuit.com)
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[–] 23 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Viewed as a good thing because if it wasn't for the physical barriers obviously bikers and pedestrians would have been killed.

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  • [–] -4 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    This is something that's likely to hurt a pedestrian though.

    The barrier needs to be higher if cars are able to high center themselves on it. All it takes is one person getting crushed by a vehicle that high centers on that thing. Which clearly nobody thought about when they read my comment.

    Nice assumption guys. Nobody thought about the physics of what happens when that vehicle ends up falling on someone? Not one person looked at the photo in that article and went "what happens to the people who might be in the bike lane on the other side when a vehicle does this"?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Cars actually killing people without a barrier vs cars possibly killing them with. Seems like a good enemy of perfect scenario.

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  • [–] -3 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    You aren't arguing in good faith here. I'm not arguing against the barrier. I'm saying the barrier should be more robust.

    You can feel however you want to feel about this, but I'm betting you saw my original comment and made an assumption about what I meant and now you're doubling down.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    This was the first time in our thread you've mentioned that, so yes I'd agree it could always be safer. You didn't say that though, you said:

    Viewed as a good thing because nobody has gotten hurt yet.

    Which I and it looks like many others thought you meant you didn't want the barrier there at all. Need to be clearer if you have a point to make like that.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    The second comment made it pretty clear that the barrier height was the problem. But you either didn't read that or ignored it in favor of arguing. You didn't ask any questions. You made an assumption and then ignored the further clarification. That's on you.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    sigh some people will never own up and admit they made a simple mistake. It was a miscommunication man. Just be clear in the future. We aren't mind readers. If you don't include information we won't know about that information.

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