On Tue, 22 Jun 2010, Paul Houle wrote: > Toby Murray wrote: > > Someone in my area is starting up a new website that is focused on > > cycling in the city. They have decided to use OSM as their map which > > is awesome. > > Streets are not dangerous to bicyclists; ~intersections~ are > dangerous to bicyclists. > > When bicyclists modify their behavior in search of "safe streets" > they set themselves up, lemming like, to be killed at intersections. > Most of the dangerous and (mostly) illegal cycling behaviors that are > widespread, such as riding on sidewalks, riding on the wrong side of > the road, riding on sidewalks on the wrong side of the road, and > weaving around parked cars are derived from this fantasy cyclists have > that some motorist is going to come up from behind in a faster, larger > vehicle and cream them. > > In reality, the self-preservation of motorists forces them to be > looking ahead of themselves for vehicles that behave like other > automobiles. Cyclists are most likely to be picked up by that scanning > behavior if they follow traffic rules. If they disobey traffic rules, > they're at much greater risk. > > Cyclists may be safer if they follow a "dangerous" busy street that > is well signalized and has few dangerous intersections than riding on a > "safe" back alley that crosses numerous busy streets at poorly defined > intersections. There very well may be an "objective" measurement of the > safety of ways, routes, and intersections, but the majority of > cyclists have demonstrated in everyday behavior and by their actions in > the political sphere that the mental model of "safety" that they have is > dangerously incorrect. >
Firstly I don't agree with your assessment. Secondly, how will this assist with tagging streets unsuitable for cycling? _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk