• mastertigurius@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    I think the reason it’s done on an exercise bike is to be able to do it in a controlled and safe environment. The purpose is to teach the drivers, not potentially run them over.

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        14 hours ago

        Especially if the bus driver has also been through that part of the training. Either we trust the training to be effective or we don’t.

        • Especially if the bus driver has also been through that part of the training.

          I do not get what you mean, the bus rider is on the stationary bicycle? Or you mean the person driving the bus? The training is only to help the bus driver as a bicyclist understand the bicyclist experience of having the bus hug them. Not *the error possibilty the bus driver on the bicycle could make. The person driving the bus is getting NO benefit, because *even the most experienced bicyclist are not as perfect (including straight) as a stationary bicycle cyclist. That is one of the reasons why we in Fl. have the 3-ft. space/bubble for cyclist at all times.
          Without the cyclist moving I will never trust the experiences/?training? that both the bicycling bus driver & the bus driver.Again, I trust that no one would ever get hurt, it is *unrealistic threat of injury getting in the way.

          *- If it was realistic, then I would maybe not be here right now.