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This was a Critical Mass event, which is why the bicyclists are taking up all of the street as a way to reclaim the streets and protest the lack of safety for riders under usual conditions. It's not legal, but protests are never useful if they're fully legal now, are they.

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[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 47 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

what the hell they do if there was emergency that ambulance needed access

So the neat thing about ambulances, and other emergency vehicles, is they have flashing lights AND sierns to let people know they are there.

[–] dylanmorgan@sh.itjust.works 25 points 13 hours ago

And bikes are more agile and capable of getting out of the way than cars are

[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 34 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (3 children)

And protesters always swiftly move to let emergency vehicles through, because they know not to block actually useful vehicles like ambulances and fire engines

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 29 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I agree, crowds of protesters are far more observant than drivers. I've seen ambulances stuck in new York traffic before

[–] Lightor@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago* (last edited 4 minutes ago)

This guy has a picture of it happening once, in another country, with people stationary on foot, it has to be true. Unless there is a picture floating around out there of people not moving.... That would blow this whole thing up.

God, anecdotal evidence is such brain rot.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 hours ago

What a spectacular photo.

[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 18 points 13 hours ago

That's been my experience, bikes also clear out way faster than cars.

[–] Steve@communick.news 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Pretty much, more or less, yah.