In der Mittagshitze
In the Heat of Noon
Juni 2026
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On a Scale of Toughest to Wimpiest
It is overwhelmingly agreed that motorcyclists are tough as nails. They brave traffic with nothing to protect themselves but helmets and leather jackets. Every car on the road has a weight and hardness advantage over a motorcyclist.
We don’t want to see the motorcyclists get killed, so in the spring there is always messaging to be on the lookout for motorcycles. Usually in car/motorcycle accidents, the motorcyclist is severely hurt – even possibly fatally. While the car driver, with their airbags and crumpling architecture, can usually walk away from the accident.
But car drivers in their turn, are tougher than minivan drivers. The heavier minivan usually survives more of the crash while most of the danger of loss of life comes from the car driver and their passengers.
Then can we all agree that the wimpiest drivers on the road are pickup truck drivers and SUV drivers? They are in the safest vehicles of all except for big commercial trucks, snowplows, road graters etc. all of which demand a better licence. Usually these other drivers drive a car, minivan, SUV, pickup truck or motorcycle on their own time.
But wait one moment. If the motorcyclist wants to be tougher than nails, They can simply take off their helmet and leather jacket. So wouldn’t they be tougher than anyone else on the road? Not so fast.
Bicyclists share the road, too, in lots of parts of the city. Slowly we are building more bicycle infrastructure but for now, they’re half the time on road with the SUVs and all the bigger vehicles. Have you compared bicycle helmets with motorcycle helmets? The motorcycle helmets seem quite a bit more substantial. And cyclists almost never wear a leather jacket.
If motorcyclists are as tough as nails, bicyclists are as tough as titanium nails.
But pedestrians are the toughest of all. They have no safety equipment except for their clothes. Yes they have their own lanes, better known as sidewalks, but still have to cross other traffic.
Are jaywalkers the toughest type of traffic of all? With no equipment of any kind for their safety, they cross against all kinds of traffic without any laws to protect them if they get it wrong.
Jaywalkers are as tough as diamonds. Diamonds are the toughest of all substances known to man. SUV drivers should look on in awe, instead of honking their horns like wimps, when they see the jaywalkers.
#accidents #betterLicence #bicyclists #cars #commercialTrucks #crashes #drivers #helmets #jaywalkers #leatherJackets #minivans #motorcyclists #ourRoads #pedestrians #pickupTrucks #roadGraters #snowplows #SUVs #toughest #traffic #wimpiestRE: https://social.coop/@sam/116462796550382932
The biggest reason why our #infrastructure sucks so badly—and not just for #disabled people, #pedestrians, and #bicyclists—is because, even if you manage to secure to funding to build it in the first place, nobody wants to pay for the labor to maintain it.
Good infrastructure requires hiring people at full time salaries and benefits that provide a livable income. The cost of the equipment, by comparison, is practically a rounding error.
there is a quiet shared-use path near the #ICA supermarket in #älmhult, #småland. someone felt it was important to put up a large red warning about the dangerous #bicyclists there. ☠️🚲⚠️
🪧 a sign reading:
WARNING FOR CYCLISTS!
BE CAREFUL WHEN CROSSING THE CYCLE WAY
"The department [Department of #Transportation / #DOT] recently sent letters to local governments in at least six states — Alabama, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts and New Mexico — informing them it was withdrawing money awarded under the $1.1 trillion #infrastructure law former President [POTUS 46] signed in 2021.”
We were personally especially sorry to read about #Illinois #Route66 withdrawal, in general vicinity of our birthplace, and where we have many relatives and friends. "McLean County in central Illinois got a similar letter recalling federal funding awarded last year to help design a final 9-mile segment of a #bike and #pedestrian trail along Route 66. County engineer Jerry Stokes said the project wouldn’t affect #MotorVehicle travel but would promote safety by getting #bicyclists and #pedestrians off the road.”
https://www.montereyherald.com/2025/09/26/hostile-to-cars-grants-pulled/
I'm normally skeptical of and reticent about praising policing milestones. but as #bicyclists and #pedestrians have be pleading for relief since the excesses of the pandemic...
yeah, police!
better late than never.
Calling on #Canadian #Bicyclists #BikeTooter #BikePackers #BikeNite participants — #FediAsk:
Shared some info about the #TransCanadaTrail (which is huger than it was!) and almost immediately got the question "What is a 'water trail'?"
I do not know. Apparently there are water trails as part the trail network. What are they?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_Canada_Trail
http://tctrail.ca/
On my way down the oliverbahn this afternoon I fell in with a large group of #bicyclists and only learned after it was the legendary #fancywomenbikeride. Apparently if you live here and travel reasonably (ie, on a bike) you can't help but participate in the #yegbike community!
@yegbike.bsky.social @pathsforpeople.bsky.social
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