I hope you've recovered well.

@@cycleyyz yeah I was fine after a bit of recovery time, it was about 15 years ago now.

@@iuebhnioechrsya.iueohtieug3054 a lot easier to do on my old fixed gear...

I have some old videos from before the Danforth bike lanes went in that show traffic moving just as poorly with two lanes (without parked cars!) if not worse than it does with the current cofiguration. I'm subscribed to Oh! The Urbanity as well. It's a good video.

I'd say that occurs somewhere between sometimes and rarely here. It's certainly not a standard expectation as it would be in more civilized areas of the world.

@Dan200 yeah, they're a good idea but they don't help when the light is already green. They're great for awareness at a red though.

@@cycleyyz yeah they don't help when it's green sadly, you still either need to take the lane or watch the car behind you very closely in that case

@ChapatiMan use more complete designs when installing protected bike lanes. Wider reliefs, two stage turns, separate signal phases, etc. You'd want to limit how often drivers and cyclists interact through I tuitive design like how it's done in the Netherlands. It'd take time to build this out and things will be incomplete for a while, but there needs to be something in every design to address right hooks, at least partially. It can't be an afterthought in the short term.

@mattthelombax those bollards in the middle were always knocked over too.

@@iuebhnioechrsya.iueohtieug3054 I'd definitely remember a build like that.

@sirbillyclean that's a decent way to put it. I'd rather have options and no infra that no options and bad infra. I'd love to have good infra and not need to worry as much about protecting myself, but good design is sorely lacking here and progress is too slow.

I find the people driving cars to be the worst

That's what Toronto means.

@junkandcrapamen I like it too, part of the Beltline but I call it "Mud Creek" - I only ever climb it since it's popular with the dog walkers.

Completely agree. The best riders I see tend to be the enthusiasts/in lycra. It's the casual cyclists that I see running lights, etc. more often - but it's difficult to paint with such a broad stroke. There are jerks of every type - casual, MAMIL, commuter, and so on. I always laugh when MAMILs are blamed for stuff. Let's me know the complainer is full of it.

@@cycleyyz my fav is when someone pulls up beside at red light and starts complaining about how cyclists never stop. I'm actually stopped - right beside them - and have to point out the obvious lol Definitely a lot of jerks on all kinds of bikes, but we're outnumbered by the dangerous idiots in cars

@@will_rides_bikes Happened to me not too long ago... and yep, it's an uphill battle.

I definitely appreciate this perspective, but my main point is that intersections need proper treatment for a protected bike lane to work properly well. I definitely don't want protected bike lanes to be removed. The title is a little bit more hyperbole than anything else. I just want people to understand what right hooks are.

@@cycleyyz I was mostly commenting about your description.

@@cycleyyz You got valid points.

@franciscopinheiro6491 yes, it is explained in the description.

I somewhat agree. Lycra riders tend to ride outside the city limits where there is far less traffic with greater patience given by drivers wanting to pass or turn. Whereas within the city (esp the core) 'curb huggers' & rent a bike once a month for an hour riders seem to be regularly in harms way

@darkglass3011 yeah, I've been there as well. It's part of my first compilation vid.

@Dp98799 nah. Alternatives to driving improve traffic and since I pay for the roads with my property taxes, I have every right. I own a car too, I'm just not silly enough to drive it all the time.

@@cycleyyz I wouldn't mind about cyclism if they were responsible for their action, most of the time they are totally protected by the law, even if they are the ones causing the accident. And you dont only pay the road to ride on it, may you remember how all the things you bought came from ? Roads. So even if you don't have a car, you still use roads in some forms

Pedestrian not having spatial awareness like usual

​@yorampaar2011 pedestrians also have the right of way. Watch where you're riding...please.

Right of way to go to their car? I don't think so 😂​@@southsider9638

@@yorampaar2011 that’s the reason we’re having so many laws and also to slow down , not passing like a train

@@southsider9638 Pedestrians do not have the right of way in a protected bike lane... although a cyclist does need to make an effort to not hit zombies that wander into the street without looking.

do everyone a favor and dont drive

@BeeRich33 G2G? I've done it up to a point- the Kissing Bridge section. Haven't gone any further west though.

@@cycleyyz Ya that's the one. Gotta make sure no construction is closing a bridge.

They're a bona fide Torontonian, IMO.

A Toronto cycling rite of passage

@@davetaylor6366 between this and failing to unclip, it seems like cycling is all about the fall

decided to upload a few. Stuff needs to happen fairly central in the frame for it to work.

@GraemeMacDermid I haven't recently. Any treatment at intersections is better than what we have 99% of the time. Our new Adelaide light configuration has it so drivers aren't to turn while cyclists proceed straight. The only thing stopping them is a "no turn" sign (a cyclist was recently struck on Bloor by a truck that had a "no turn" sign), but it's something.

@@cycleyyzI remember my last right hook, maybe 20 years ago, at Dundas and Mutual. After that, I just slowed down a bit and paid more attention to who was on my left, did a bit more signally, and stopped contesting right turns. But I understand that this slows one down a bit. You have good point that the bike lane design on arterials is incomplete as it is now. Montreal is committed to safe intersections with clear separation (poured concrete) and phased green lights.

@GraemeMacDermid yep. Incomplete infra is the problem, not bike lanes in general. We need more, and better designed bike lanes. It's painful how slow we are to get it right considering it's been done right elsewhere.

Blackburn Local Basket - don't think it's made anymore, but you could probably make something similar with Wald, or putting a light basket on a "pizza rack."

@@cycleyyz Thx for your response. I think you are right, I does seem to be out of stock everywhere. I fancy the Manivelle Basket instead

skill issue

You're factually incorrect about a lot of this - at least as it pertains to where I am: Ontario. Maybe it's different where you are (which I hope isn't Toronto, since we don't need more drivers that aren't aware of the law. Yes, cyclists are to dismount when using a crossing - so within pedestrian painted lines. However, they are not to dismount at every intersection. Cyclists may take and use the full lane regardless of infrastructure. The only requirement is that they must ride as far to the right as practicable - which is not "possible" and allows for any cyclist to use as much as the lane is required for safety. If you're in Toronto. that police officer was full of it then and you're grossly misinformed. Go learn the laws.

@@cycleyyz untill cyclists pay to repave roads they should stay off of them cyclists get a free ride on what drivers pay for. No pun intended

Everyone who pays taxes pays to repave the roads. This includes cyclists. Motorists pay an additional tax because heavy cars and trucks account for most of the damage to our roads.

That is also not factually correct in Toronto/Ontario. Roads are paid for by property taxes, which everyone pays either through ownership or rent. I own my house. I also own and drive a car - just not for my downtown commute. If anything drivers are subsidized by everyone else and are the truly entitled ones.

@@iuebhnioechrsya.iueohtieug3054 Drivers don't really pay any additional tax towards upkeep. Gas taxes are minimal and our licensing fees were abolished. So it's actually worse than you indicate - everyone subsidizes drivers.

lol, well if damage if over a set amount (I don't know what it is now... $1,000-2,000?) then it has to be reported, although I don't know if that must be done at the scene. I think there's the general idea that if you can move it, clear it.

@@cycleyyz I saved a woman's life years ago on the top of the Hamilton mountain curve. She sat there discussing her financials while trucks were barreling towards her. Moved all cars off to the side and she immediately realized what the problem was.