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Comment by davidw | Hacker News Reader

Yeah, as someone who sees people drive past, staring at their phones, as I ride my bike around... I don't have a ton of sympathy. It's a privilege, not a right.

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You need protected bike lanes, not a surveillance state. Even if cell phones did not exist, you would still be at risk as a cyclist.

I drive too, and those idiots might crash into me because they're staring at their phones.

I don't really care how they're stopped, but they're a public menace.

And yeah, we need protected bike lanes.

No, the roads belong to everyone not just motorists, building a cyclist ghetto and kicking cyclists off the roads so that motorists can have them all for themselves is just wrong. Motorists should be responsible for their actions.

They do, but we still build sidewalks for pedestrians. If you want more biking, you need to make people feel safe to do so, and many do not feel safe being next to cars driven by angry people inches away from them.

You can make a road with a protected bike lane after all.

Think amsterdam.

I’ve been a bike commuter too and if it’s any consolation whatsoever, I just want to let you know that if you see me with my cell phone on my steering while driving, it’s because I have my navigation app open and I want it in my peripheral vision so I can be attentive to the road.

It's one thing if someone has it mounted where they can see it for navigation, another when they're clearly holding it and interacting with it.

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