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Unsafe At Any Speed
Cycling is the most dangerous activity known to man. Stop now before it’s too late!
Riding a bike on a street in the United States is by far the most dangerous activity you can participate in.
The well-meaning politicians of my former home, the the city of Los Angeles, have been trying to promote cycling for the last three or for decades, with varying amounts of success.
Luckily, most people are smart enough to realize that riding a bike in Los Angeles traffic is a very good way to get yourself smushed. But not everybody. There are still the granola types and the climate change enthusiasts and the health nuts — accent on nuts — willing to brave the maniac automobile drivers every day.
Our politicians have blood on their hands, spending our tax dollars promoting this suicidal two-wheeled activity, but nobody will come out and say that, because cycling is like rainbows and butterflies. Nobody wants to shit on the rainbows and butterflies.
But shit they should.
The politicians wasted a fuck ton of money — tens of millions on painting lines that they call bike lanes. Only problem, the car drivers don’t call them bike lanes. The car drivers call them “inside lanes” which they swerve into from time to time just for the fuck of it.