Bike-related traffic crashes are rising in Chicago, which is ranked among the world’s worst big cities for bike safety by one nonprofit.

Maybe a difference of five or even 10 miles per hour might not sound like a lot to someone, but when you look at the data, it makes a significant difference in the likelihood of injuries and fatalities…

MBJ, we’re being killed. Lower the speed limit in Chicago.

  • downhomechunk [chicago]@midwest.socialEnglish
    25·
    1 year ago

    I enjoy riding my bike. I also own a car. I’m not a dick while operating either vehicle. Please don’t lower the speed limit or add more speed & red light cameras. You’re only punishing people like me. The dicks will continue to dick.

    • anachronist@midwest.socialEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      If you’re “not a dick” while driving then what’s the problem with cameras? You only get a ticket if you break the law.

      • downhomechunk [chicago]@midwest.socialEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        I do obey the laws. My last red light ticket came thanks to a dick behind me. I was driving roughly the speed limit and the guy behind me was up my ass. I had my daughter in the car and it was wet. I knew I wasn’t making the light but I could tell the guy behind me wasn’t prepared to stop. I saw the flash and hoped it was for the guy behind me. Nope.

        • jeremyparker@programming.devEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Lowered speed limits - which are the issue at stake in the the OP - would also help people get fewer red light tickets, since it’s easier to stop in time - and more of an excuse to do what you want rather than what the guy behind you wants.

    • lntl@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      61·
      1 year ago

      between lower speeds and higher speeds, lower speeds is the one that will save my life out on the road. call me selfish: i want to live.