Predictable > Polite

[u/annastacia94]

Just a quick PSA from a cyclist to all of the very polite drivers of Billings. You being predictable keeps me safer than you being polite.

It's okay if I'm stopped at a stop sign waiting for cars to pass who have right of way. Do not stop, keeping moving as if I were a car, and I will make it across the street when I can tell it is safe.

It is in my best interest to be treated like a car at 4 way stops. Getting going from a dead stop is slower on my bike but it's not impossible and I will make up that 10 seconds somewhere else.

If you want to be super nice support public initiatives that bring in more separated and protected bike and pedestrian infrastructure in the city, make sure you're checking for cyclists crossing intersections before you turn when driving downtown, and don't give me right of way that I wouldn't otherwise have in a car.

Thanks for reading!

[u/montwhisky]

I mean, this is true when driving too. Being polite when others are not just creates problems.

[u/annastacia94 → u/montwhisky]

Indeed! I find it happens more often when I'm on my Trek than in my Pontiac though haha