The cynic in me wants to believe that it really separates this large, heavy motorcycle from “e-bikes”, because reporting on some of this stuff tends to be really vauge and misleading.

We’ve had “e-scooter” crashes where the article will show a mobility scooter, but the public knows “e-scooter” as those things people stand up on and behave badly on (from their perspective). Without distinction, you’re throwing the wrong vehicles under the bus (no pun intended).

I’m in Ontario and ride on quite a few rural roads. Unfortunately, speed limits are pretty much ignored and nearly every vehicle that passes is a high-speed pickup truck, which sucks when there’s no shoulder. 😫

It’s worse than that.

You don’t generally blame someone for being shot by a random stranger.

But kill a cyclist or pedestrian by car? What did or didn’t they do?!?! 🧐

That random street photo you posted is exactly the type of place that you need bike lanes because there’s no safe place to ride a bike in that example.

No shoulder and single lanes means cars and cyclists will be in conflict.

Only Conservatives could call “freedom” sitting in a metal cage, surrounded by others in metal cages, when “woke” alternatives (like walking!! 🫢) are freely available to them. There is no logic, only self-harm and the harm of others.

Interesting, it’s slightly slower for me through the web interface both with a direct connect to my network, or when proxied through the internet. Still, we’re talking seconds here, and the results are so accurate!

Immich has effectively replaced the (expensive) Windows software Excire Foto, which I was using for on-device contextual search because Synology Photos search just sucks. Excire isn’t ideal to run from Linux because it has to be done through a VM, so I’m happy to self-host Immich and be able to use it even while out of the house.

OK, indexing finished some time yesterday and I ran a few searches like:

“Child wearing glasses indoors”

“Cars with no wheels”

“Woman riding a bike”

Results come up (immich on android) in three seconds.

But the quality of the results do appear to be considerably better with ViT-B-16-SigLIP2__webli compared to the default model.

I’m pretty happy. 👍

London (UK), Toronto, Montreal, Paris, all the Netherlands…

So many cities proving that cycling infrastructure can get people out of cars. Yet, cycling infrastructure in most of Canada is either no longer being built or torn down.

Incredibly maddening, especially when drivers complain about traffic, yet here’s a cheap and easy solution for any city.

Edit: expanded

about a person in a ghillie suit playing hide and seek near a road which lead to an accident

Did they intentionally try to get hit or cause a crash? If yes, then they bare some (or all) responsibility.

But people wearing regular clothes should not be punished.

We never, EVER see motorists involved in crashed be blamed because they were driving a back car.

This particular crash happened on a lit roundabout where the cyclist apparently had a rear light. The driver was either going too fast, or wasn’t paying enough attention.

But where does the responsibillity of the pedestrian end?

This is a good thought experiment. There are legal answers, but logically, blame could be given to a pedestrian when the norms are broken (i.e. suddenly changing lane on a path while oneone is trying to pass).

As a cyclist, or motorist, I make a huge effort to ride defensively. If not to avoid people, then to avoid animals popping out of nowhere.

Consistent with dementia and incompetence.

Nope. Amazon Prime, YouTube Premium, Netflix, etc. will all still track your behaviour, collect your data to be used against you, and still make you the product.

Corporate greed and enshittification have ruined everything.

I do agree that it’s better to be more visible, but that still shifts the responsibility away from the driver.

Wearing headphones is a pet peeve of mine, and I encounter pedestrians on trails all the time (multiple times per ride) who wear them. But it’s still my responsibility as a cyclist to pass with caution.

And honestly, you said it yourself. “Nearly” hit. Could’ve been worse if you weren’t wearing high-viz clothing.

Nope. These were inattentive drivers who should have noticed me (as a pedestrian or cyclist) well before making their turns.

I wear high viz, ride with lights day and night, added additional reflectors, have tires with sidewall reflectors, and even have one bike that’s high viz yellow! But I do it mostly so I could never be blamed for being invisible, and I sure as hell know that someone looking down at their phone while driving will still miss me.

Of course, I’ve experienced this myself (pedestrians wearing all back on trails at night).

But the responsibility still rests with the driver.

In this case, it was argued that their view was obstructed, which should have meant they slowed down and paid attention even more. Nobody should be driving blindly.

The cyclist here did have a rear light, and was rear ended.

Not wearing appropriate clothing and headphones while on the road is a fair point though.

I’ve nearly been hit several times (like tires screaching to a halt) while wearing high-viz clothing with the right of way.

It makes no difference when the driver isn’t paying attention.

There’s always an excuse for drivers.

If a driver isn’t paying attention, it doesn’t matter what colour a cyclist’s clothing are, or that they had a helmet on, or insanely bright lights.

And if excuses are being shifted onto cyclists, what about pedestrians and buildings that drivers smash into on a regular basis? What excuse do you have then?

It’s a good point in this very specific context, for sure.

Are all her clients from out of town?

If not, are her clients local and within walking distance?

If not, I would imagine they are close enough to bus, bike, ride share, etc. I’m assuming those are paid parking spots, so they could offset the cost of parking with using any other mode of transportation.

We (as a society) really have to stop driving places when a dozen other options exist. Driving should be one of the last options to choose, and it would need to be for a reason other than convenience to even come close to justifying.

LOL. I think this is a prank.

That said, if they truly have 30 on-street parking spots (that a LOT of space, like entire blocks of on-street parking), then there really needs to be a parking lot or parking garage to serve those businesses.

On-street parking should only be allowed for handicap and special drop off/courier zones, but those must not be in conflict with any bike or pedestrian paths, or it would create hazards.

This too:

Search speed was never an issue before, and neither was quality. My biggest gripe is not being able to sort search by date! If I had that, it would be perfect.

But I’ll update you once it’s done (at 97,000 to go… )

I agree with everything you wrote, and I wish the system went through a major overhaul when it comes to driving training, testing, and certification.

Drivers should be trained and tested as if they were pilots, IMO. The mere fact that they cause so much devastation should make this an obvious necessity.

FWIW, I’m in Canada, and driver training lowers insurance premiums for a very long time, so I’d imagine that most people go through training. I’d be crazy not to…