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Originally Posted by Columbine
America has, almost everywhere, MUCH wider streets, compared to a lot of Japanese neighbourhoods. Also not all Japanese streets have pavements, so peds share the road with cars and cycles, so why not let cycles share with peds? Japanese people seem to manage it just fine. Besides, if a car swipes into the cycle lane and smacks a cyclist it's going to do a hell of a lot more damage than if a cyclist is an idiot and swipes a pedestrian.
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America also has a drinking and driving limit at 0.08% BAC. That means you can drink and drive in America. That means bicyclists, who must ride on the road, are killed by drinking and drunk drivers on a fairly regular basis over here. I am sure it happens in Japan as well, but not by people who are legally able to drive, as the legal BAC in Japan is 0.00%.