Police say a motorcyclist was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a B.C. crash near the Surrey-Delta border Saturday afternoon left a motorcycle dangling from a traffic light above a busy intersection.

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    1 month ago

    it was safe to make the turn

    You mean, it would have been safe if the motorcycle were approaching in reasonable speed…? clearly it wasn’t safe to make that turn

    North America and this turn on green bullshit. Cities should have dedicated turn signals, or a freaking roundabout.

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      1 month ago

      Roundabouts are great in countries that train drivers and have strict licence tests, but the are not safer when cars just barrel into them without looking.

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        1 month ago

        The same can be said about literally anything. No car infrastructure is safe when cars just barrel into them without looking - only infrastructure made to prevent cars from passing, which is not the point here.

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        yes they are - you just make shit up

        They are demonstrably safer by avoiding t-bone collisions

        Yes, there is a learning curve

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        the are not safer when cars just barrel into them without looking

        Is that something that happens? We have a mix of roundabouts and regular intersections in Vancouver, as well as some very questionable drivers. I can’t think of a time when someone messed up at a roundabout. Especially the smaller residential ones