Rant: Skipping the gym to bike everywhere isn't the climate win everyone says

Lots of folks act like ditching cars for bikes fixes everything, but what about safety and time? (I tried it for a month and nearly got hit twice.) Now I carpool twice a week instead, which still cuts emissions without the stress. Honestly, pushing bike-only plans ignores how risky roads can be for regular people.

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grant.quinn14h ago

Totally get that - I just got better bike lights and it cut my close calls in half.

burns.nina9h ago

Still using the lights that came with it, so that's on me.

the_julia5h ago

Yeah, I swapped to a super bright rechargeable headlight last winter. The stock ones just don't cut it when it's actually dark out. It's a TOTAL game changer for seeing potholes early. Mine even has a pulse mode that really gets drivers' attention.