• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Just after 7 p.m. Saturday, police say they responded to the collision in Marion County on Hwy 64 near milepost 5. According to investigators, the bicyclist, Harley Austin, 42, was riding south in the bike lane on Hwy 164 through the intersection of Talbot Rd SE when Hammons, who was driving a Dodge Ram 3500, turned onto the highway and collided with Austin.

    Why is there a bike lane on a highway?

    To be clear, I’m not taking the side of the driver. Fuck people with unnecessarily huge vehicles. I side with cyclists almost 100% of the time. But this just sounds unsafe.

    To me, a highway means speeds in excess of 50mph. That isn’t a place where we should have a body unprotected sharing the road.

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      1 year ago

      In some rural areas, the “highway” is literally the only way to get from point A to point B. Many businesses and homes are directly on the highway. It’s not the same as Interstate 5 which is a few miles west of there.

      Unlike a freeway, which has bigger speed limits, a highway is just any road designed for high traffic. It still has intersections, traffic lights, and driveways into properties.

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        1 year ago

        Repeating from another post, but thanks for the clarity. Grew up in a place where these words were interchangeable.