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by ldp01 3026 days ago
> Why would we? Asking motor vehicle drivers to "share the road" with bicycle riders is asinine, destined to fail, and uniquely American.

Don't worry it's not uniquely American:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-28/wa-to-introduce-minimu...

But is it asinine and destined to fail? I'm not sure.

I think that it IS possible to share the roads but only under low-traffic and low-speed conditions.

The worst offenders are cyclists on busy dual-carriageways during peak hour and it is horrendously dangerous, with two lanes of traffic forced to snake around a single cyclist.

On side streets however I don't think it's a big deal at all.