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Major Nikon

(36,917 posts)

4. Bike lanes suck anyway

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Thu Oct 15, 2015, 10:48 AM

Oct 2015

All they really are for is preventing cars from getting stuck behind a bicycle even though they don't help the flow of traffic to any measurable degree. Meanwhile it decreases the safety of the cyclists because they are now in areas of intersections where cars are less likely to see them.

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DC church says bike lane would infringe on its constitutional rights of religious free-dumb. [View all] WillParkinson Oct 2015 OP

Furthermore, the lawyer argued, it would be a sin for congregants to ride bicycles to church Fumesucker Oct 2015 #1

Of course. And there's a good reason for that. onager Oct 2015 #2

Ha! progressoid Oct 2015 #5

Whaaaaaaaaa! Brainstormy Oct 2015 #10

And they can't take the bus, because... DetlefK Oct 2015 #3

Bike lanes suck anyway Major Nikon Oct 2015 #4

United House of Prayer? progressoid Oct 2015 #6

Charles Manson! n/t trotsky Oct 2015 #8

"an unconstitutionally undue burden on people who want to pray" trotsky Oct 2015 #7

If they want to pray, they can do so in private (Matthew 6:5-6) sakabatou Oct 2015 #11

Well.... AlbertCat Oct 2015 #9