Commuting through unsavory areas?

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Most people everywhere, including criminals in bad neighborhoods, have alot more on their minds than a passing bicyclist.

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Just this past Sunday, a 20 yr. guy deliberately used his car to knock over an Olympic athlete who was cycling out ...in the suburbs in our city. This was mid-morning. The guy was injured in several different areas of his body to point he will need several months to recover. On a lovely road in a nice neighbourhood with homes 1-5 yrs. old, with a shockingly new, huge and expensive community centre.

One of the local bike store owners ranted how in that area he got stuff thrown at him, cars buzzed very close to him...

I cycled that road on a Sunday 2 months ago...with my dearie. It was a 93 km. round trip day ride from downtown where I live.

Same road where the bee stung my eyelid while I was cycling.

I have lived in neighbourhoods where there was shooting....a 15 min. walk away from home. Does that mean the whole neighbourhood is unsafe? No, because the majority of people who live there are....like most of us. You and me.

Remember you are on a bike, not a woman walking nor jogging alone at night. Very different.