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by novok 2600 days ago
You need protected bike lanes, not a surveillance state. Even if cell phones did not exist, you would still be at risk as a cyclist.
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I drive too, and those idiots might crash into me because they're staring at their phones.

I don't really care how they're stopped, but they're a public menace.

And yeah, we need protected bike lanes.

No, the roads belong to everyone not just motorists, building a cyclist ghetto and kicking cyclists off the roads so that motorists can have them all for themselves is just wrong. Motorists should be responsible for their actions.
They do, but we still build sidewalks for pedestrians. If you want more biking, you need to make people feel safe to do so, and many do not feel safe being next to cars driven by angry people inches away from them.

You can make a road with a protected bike lane after all.

Think amsterdam.