• Gilles_D@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    I think it’s very rude to pull through a red light and make pedestrians stop on their way; some of them seemed irritated as well. Perhaps this is normal in São Paulo but is it normal in New York?

    • senkora@lemmy.zip
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      1 year ago

      The way that she’s riding is aggressive but fairly normal for New York.

      Some other things she does: go the wrong way down a bike lane (very common) and ride in the bus-only lane (this is actually the correct thing to do).

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      1 year ago

      I don’t ride a fixie but it seems to me it’s unavoidable when you can’t just freewheel and have momentum

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        1 year ago

        All for bikes, but that’s kind of like saying my car doesn’t have freewheel so I should be able to keep going through a red light. If it’s a fixie, perhaps you shouldn’t use it if you cannot adhere to laws and common courtesy.

        Pedestrian safety > bike safety >>>> car safety