07-28-2018, 08:08 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-28-2018, 08:23 AM by danbrotherston.)
(07-27-2018, 10:19 PM)Canard Wrote:(07-27-2018, 10:15 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: I don't know that I agree they're better than painted bike lanes. At this point, drivers treat them no differently than they would an area of pavement coloured differently.
Some drivers do, not all drivers do. I'm a driver, and I do not.
It's like saying "all cyclists blow stop signs" - no, some do, and some do not. I do not.
It is no different than racism or homophobic comments when you paint everyone with the same brush like that. Sorry, but you're doing it all over twitter lately too and it's really starting to drive me nuts, as much as I generally agree with your comments.
You're right, I shouldn't generalize, and maybe some drivers are less likely to park in the uptown lanes, I don't know for sure, but I don't think it's because of the curb.
I'm actually guessing that you do treat them the same--because you probably wouldn't park in either the King St. bike lanes OR painted bike lanes.
My comment was not about all drivers having the same behaviour, but about the fact that a nearly flat piece of pavement that is a different colour will not change behaviour beyond that of a painted line. Drivers who treat bike lanes with respect, and won't park in them, wouldn't park in either, drivers who don't care, and will park in a bike lane, I don't think they will rethink that because of a slight curb.