It's probably safer than it looks, at least right up to the sailing through red lights part.
But you also can totally obey traffic laws on your bike, and be just fine. I don't run reds (okay, that's not true - on back streets I will stop and look for traffic and then go, if I'm not hauling the kid.) or split lanes and biking is still cheaper, faster, and more fun than a car or the bus. You'll get over the side view mirror thing - the space between a car and a bike looks a LOT wider from the bike's side.
And lots of urban riders crash all the time, and just get back up. The problems come when the cars think you should get out of the way when you *are* following traffic rules.
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Date: 2007-05-07 01:40 pm (UTC)But you also can totally obey traffic laws on your bike, and be just fine. I don't run reds (okay, that's not true - on back streets I will stop and look for traffic and then go, if I'm not hauling the kid.) or split lanes and biking is still cheaper, faster, and more fun than a car or the bus. You'll get over the side view mirror thing - the space between a car and a bike looks a LOT wider from the bike's side.
And lots of urban riders crash all the time, and just get back up. The problems come when the cars think you should get out of the way when you *are* following traffic rules.