Comment 117471

By JasonL (registered) | Posted April 05, 2016 at 20:58:14

I ride a Sobi, and my own bike, both for different purposes, yet both here in the same city.

I've had countless close calls with maniac drivers screaming at me, swearing, speeding up and flying past my handles mere inches away when I'm on my own bike.

On Sobi, I've never, not once, had anything even remotely close to a 'close call' or any aggressive behaviour from drivers.

My theory over this last year has been that the visible, city-owned Sobi bikes cause drivers to respect them more, as they would a police officer on a bike (which, by the way proves that drives don't have to be ignorant and dangerous. They just choose to be, when it's not a police bicycle).

I think drivers look at Sobi bikes as part of the city's transportation system.

I don't ride any differently on either bike, yet the treatment I receive on the road is vastly different. It's been 1 year, so I'm curious to continue observing this trend in the months and years ahead, but based on the North American-wide data so far, I suspect I won't suddenly see road rage directed at me while on a Sobi.

Comment edited by JasonL on 2016-04-05 20:59:43

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