Picture ain’t mine but in the last decade in my country, there’s more and more motorcycles than ever before, mostly because they’re cheap and plentiful, and while they supposedly level the playing field in terms of private vehicle ownership, they also affect other people like cyclists.

  • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    15
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    15 days ago

    Like with everything else, it comes down to individuals.

    Some motorcycles aren’t any better than cars in terms of fuel efficiency. Some motorcyclists are also total a-holes towards everyone around them.

    In my experience, so far, as a motorcyclist of about 2 years - I’ve yet to see a motorcyclist behave as badly to bicyclists or e-scooter riders as car drivers. It’s much easier to share the road on a motorcycle.

    In my experience over the past 5 years and change as a bicyclist and e-scooter rider as well, I’ve seen many more bicyclists and e-scooter riders engaging in dangerous behaviors than not.

    It’s common to see people riding against traffic or riding on sidewalks, even where there are good protected bike lanes. Most doing full speed on e-bikes and e-scooters, being a danger to pedestrians.