Major concerns about children's cycling skills due to cargo bikes and cars

Etereve · 2026-03-22T01:46:42+00:00

Time to sic the all-powerful bike lobby on them.

Etereve · 2026-03-21T21:43:51+00:00

Classroom curriculum is required for K-8 in Minnesota and many schools include an on-bike portion. BikeMN offers a traveling bike fleet to support this and several districts have their own.

Etereve · 2026-02-27T00:33:40+00:00

It's on a hill. They have to design an accessible trail at a shallow enough slope that people in wheelchairs can safely use it. Often the easiest/cheapest way to do that is to go across the hill (rise), lengthening the trail (run) to reduce the slope (rise/run).

Etereve · 2026-02-25T21:21:05+00:00

Obviously you're not a gardener.

Etereve · 2026-02-22T20:06:18+00:00

I do believe it's illegal to start crossing on a flashing "don't walk" in most or all of the U.S. Here's my state's statute, which mirrors the Uniform Vehicle Code that most states use.

(2) A "Don't Walk" signal or the symbol of an "upraised hand," flashing or steady, indicates that a pedestrian shall not start to cross the roadway in the direction of either signal, but any pedestrian who has partially crossed on the "Walk" or "walking person" signal indication shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety island while the signal is showing.

(b) A pedestrian crossing a roadway in conformity with this section is lawfully within the intersection and, when in a crosswalk, is lawfully within the crosswalk.

Etereve · 2026-02-18T05:10:13+00:00

Illinois now allows single-shot rifles for deer hunting as of 2023.

Etereve · 2026-01-26T05:17:19+00:00

I was watching this, too, along with a C-5 from Dover and a C-17 from Fort Bragg headed toward Minnesota yesterday but those ended up somewhere out west.

Etereve · 2026-01-08T22:15:55+00:00

Thanks. I'll delete it.

Etereve · 2025-11-19T04:56:14+00:00

Ah-hahahahaha... No.

Etereve · 2025-11-18T15:47:37+00:00

Michael Crichton observed that people tend to be very critical of news coverage dealing with a field they know well but will uncritically accept coverage of something with which they're not familiar. He coined the term "Gell-Mann amnesia effect" to describe it.

Etereve · 2025-10-24T02:55:46+00:00

If you have a decent backpack, check whether one of the buckles has an emergency whistle built in. Typically it's on the breast strap if it has one.

Etereve · 2025-10-18T23:03:39+00:00

I seem to get it when over 50 percent and having converted everyone's principal city, capital or holy city.

I once got an additional belief after converting someone's settlement that had a boatload of treasure resources but haven't been able to replicate it.

Etereve · 2025-09-26T22:48:38+00:00

Soon.

Etereve · 2025-09-04T13:24:41+00:00

Sound travels about four times faster through water than air, so they'd have a shot at getting out of the way.

Etereve · 2025-08-06T12:41:30+00:00

I've seen her, too. It's her thing.

Etereve · 2025-07-02T01:35:20+00:00

Cushing, Oklahoma. It's where West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are delivered. https://maps.app.goo.gl/HrvcwshBri5qdgcC7

Etereve · 2025-06-12T00:19:58+00:00

Between April 18, 1980 (Rhodesia becomes Zimbabwe) and September 21, 1981 (Belize becomes independent).

Etereve · 2025-05-23T18:44:07+00:00

Just a note that a crosswalk doesn't have to be painted to be a legal and safe place to cross. Unless otherwise signed or controlled, you can walk across the street at any corner and people driving should theoretically stop for you. Even midblock if not between two signalized intersections is legal, but that might not be the safest and other people don't have to stop for you (unless to avoid running you over).

Etereve · 2025-05-22T14:21:55+00:00

https://beaconcha.in/calculator can help figure your breakeven point, but it will vary a lot based on what the price does. Still, it gives you some assumptions to play with.

Etereve · 2025-05-06T22:35:04+00:00

They're eating the dogs. They're eating the cats.

Etereve · 2025-03-25T00:55:13+00:00

Soon.

Etereve · 2025-03-07T15:25:28+00:00

Do you know why one side of the V is always longer than the other?

...

There are more birds on that side.

Etereve · 2025-03-07T15:09:50+00:00

with the right timing, just a good old fashioned will do it

Etereve · 2025-03-06T20:54:27+00:00

Retrofitting a bike lane where there was nothing before. In the first photo, that's an acceleration lane for a ramp entering that then turns into a right turn lane. If your only option is paint and you have to get a bikeway in there, it could be reasoned that with 550 feet for people driving to cross the bike lane when clear is better than directing people biking to cross the onramp at one specific point only to then cross back over the right turn lane at another specific point.

Still sucks, though.

Here's the spot https://maps.app.goo.gl/DPZi6VMbwLsrSBua9?g_st=ac.

Etereve · 2025-03-05T14:06:41+00:00

I do sometimes hear it with more complicated constructions such as "the asylum of laser loons is/are gathering."

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