Originally Posted by
njkayaker
Long Island has a reputation of being dangerous for riding.
One LI woman wrote an editorial on "patch.com" complaining about cyclists. I commented that she wasn't a good driver if she couldn't deal with cyclists. She got mad.
We'd need more than your experience to make a determination of one being actually worse than the other.
Ive lived in NYC (5 yrs) and CT (16 yrs). Never an agressive incident in NYC or upstate. Monthly occurrences in CT. It is aggregate lived experience, not isolated anecdote.
My wife was unintentionally hit by a drunk on her bike in our Queens neighborhood. He intentionally ran, but that is not what we are talking about here
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