2026-07-01 05:31 UTC
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@willhbr@ruby.social 2026-07-01 05:33
@howking@mastodonczech.cz so I can't pay to use my bike on the road then? So people don't have what they can afford, they have what is built for them?
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@mdione@en.osm.town 2026-07-01 09:28
@howking@mastodonczech.cz Roads were for people and horses, then also carts, then also bicycles, then also public transport, way before cars existed. Only during the last century cars have been prioritized. I don't use the bike for sport, I use it for transportation. I can take my kids to school in 7m (always the same time). The same trip by car is a variable 20m or more, so I have to leave at least 25m early. All on cycle lanes, so the cars aren't "stopped behind bikes", just behind more cars. @willhbr@ruby.social
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@JonnyT@mastodon.me.uk 2026-07-01 10:47
@howking@mastodonczech.cz @willhbr@ruby.social The road is for vehicles. A lorry is a vehicle. A car is a vehicle. A bike is a vehicle. A tractor is a vehicle. A horse and cart is a vehicle. All of them have equal right to make use of a road. All of them have equal right to be able to use a road safely and in whatever way they like when it is within the law governing the use of roads. Ignorant people like you don't get to dictate the law and who can and can't use roads to others just because you drive a car.
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@stephavelo@masto.bike 2026-07-01 11:43
@howking@mastodonczech.cz @willhbr@ruby.social I think this message must be ironic. «The hard, flat road surfaces we take for granted are relatively new. Asphalt surfaces weren't widespread until the 1930s. So, are motorists to thank for this smoothness? No. The improvement of roads was first lobbied for – and paid for – by cycling organisations.» https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2011/aug/15/cyclists-paved-way-for-roads