it's not quite as dangerous as you think, riding between cars
In traffic choked cities like sao paulo or mexico, motorists deliberately leave a channel for motorbikes. It's not just a courtesy, motorbikes are the main form of delivery in places where its not uncommon to get stuck in a jam for 2 or 3 hours, and they agressively enforce it. If you fail to leave an appropriate gap, they will kick your side mirror off or your panel in. If you try and retaliate, soon you'll find youre fighting 3 or 4 of them as others arrive, as they stick together.
These bikes are just doing what motoboys do all day every day, taking advantage of that channel. Of course, it's not without risk. saw my share of fatal accidents. But it'd be more dangerous in place like london where cars don't give a fuck about leaving space for motorbikes to pass
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Ex Melbourne Bike Courier here
Seemed like a standard day. I used to zip inbetween trams, cross traffic red light split (hard to explain, but no slowing down for a red). Have a look at the New York guys/girls - they thread the needle a lot more than these guys.
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you'd be a better judge, though melbourne trams are something to avoid
had a boyhood mate of my brother's, a triathlete, who was hit by a tram cycling. got brain damage, semi-paralysis, had to learn to speak again. Died recently, but in those extra 30 years got married and had a kid. Told me it felt like two separate lives. Shit, sorry for the depressing anecdote.
That channel thing is real. When you're in traffic in those cities you're checking to see if you left a big enough gap between you and the car beside you, as the motoboys fucking fly through it. It's part of the culture/etiquette in those cities, that doesn't exist in London, New York and Melbourne, though it should
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