tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post4997293512335609795..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: City Video on Bike Safety Joyless, still has too much AutoismSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-17911047011703373482016-05-25T19:09:55.997-07:002016-05-25T19:09:55.997-07:00Re: helmets.
Here's a good discussion from th...Re: helmets.<br /><br />Here's a good discussion from the perspective of construction work site safety -<br /> <br />http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/why-bike-helmets-are-last-thing-we-should-be-worrying-about.html<br /><br />"Kostelec shows a version of the control hierarchy as it would apply to dealing with the problems of cycling.<br /><br />This is the fundamental problem with the Automobile Association promoting bike helmets. Because the vast majority of the deaths of cyclists are caused by them being hit by drivers of big complex pieces of equipment going at high speeds. That the operators of this equipment are not isolated from pedestrians and cyclists by decent infrastructure. That few places are trying to change the way people drive by dropping speed limits. If the hazard control hierarchy was applied to transportation, we wouldn’t be worrying about helmets on cyclists; we would be preventing “accidents” in the first place."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-85722154557964057402016-05-04T23:59:23.429-07:002016-05-04T23:59:23.429-07:00There may also be an element of irony in the place...There may also be an element of irony in the place the video was shot. That is in front of CCTV at the corner of Church and Trade, it looks like. Trade Street is one-way, runs east, and the bike lane is on the south/far side of the lane. <br /><br />In the video image the bike here is parked on the north/near side of Trade and is pointed against traffic, pointing west. While it is not impossible that a person biking in traffic on Trade would dismount and point the bike this way, it seems highly unlikely. The position of the bike suggests that it is the result of sidewalk biking, which is not legal in the downtown zone on this side of Trade and Church - but of course is legal for police. <br /><br />The way the picture is staged thus does not appear to show a person operating a bike normally and in the ways suggested in the video. It may not walk the talk!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-26695202375979768802016-05-04T18:18:53.627-07:002016-05-04T18:18:53.627-07:00"Our current frame may look like it's enc..."Our current frame may look like it's encouraging bicycling, but I contend that a person considering a bike commute for the first time will not be encouraged by the City video and instead will feel marginalized, weird, or wrong." Yep.Sarah Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670638467098084500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-20622399291637584072016-05-04T17:04:17.312-07:002016-05-04T17:04:17.312-07:00The root of the problem is the poorly built road i...The root of the problem is the poorly built road infrastructure in Salem. When you have roads with 12 foot lanes and are straight you are going to have people driving fast. The City of Salem seems to believe that simply slapping a 30 MPH sign on a road makes that road a 30 MPH road. If the road is designed like a 50 MPH road people are going to drive like it's a 50 MPH road. I don't really know why the City doesn't understand this concept.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592528272607114971noreply@blogger.com