Graaaaah stupid bicyclists!

Posted by dasian, 311 days ago in General
 
A gaijin blogger complains about crazy bicyclists in Tokyo.
 
 
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Written by jcollin3k 311 days ago
 
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After cycling (responsibly) in Tokyo for the past 14 months, I can say that the greatest threat to a cyclist's safety on the road is, another person on a bicycle (I don't use the word cyclist on purpose).

Cars are relatively well-behaved and respectful of cyclists in Tokyo. What has almost caused most of my accidents though are people on bicycles (almost always mama-cheris) riding against traffic. Twice, and at the same intersection near Shinjuku station east side, someone riding against traffic around a blind corner almost caused a head-on collision. The only reason I avoided it the second time was because I had the experience of someone doing it before at the same spot so I was anticipating it. If I hadn't been, it likely would have been a fairly harsh head on collision.

For car driver's, the most important thing for you to do is ALWAYS look out your window before opening your door. Thanks.
Written by awh 311 days ago
 
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Riding against traffic is my biggest pet peeve. Now that I'm on a motorcycle it's not as bad, but back in my moped days, I was required by law to keep to the left-most 1 meter of the road, which is exactly where I would come to a head-on collision with all of the people riding against traffic.
Written by freedomwv 310 days ago
 
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I do not like damn bike people! Although, it is normal for people to ride bikes a lot here. I just deal with it in a silent way.
Written by awh 310 days ago
 
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By the way, thanks to whoever added this to JapanSoc... To be honest, I wasn't planning to add it myself, but it did give me quite an ego boost to see someone add it within a half hour of my writing it, even with my blog's tiny readership... :-)


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