{"id":22324,"date":"2026-01-30T14:14:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=22324"},"modified":"2026-01-30T14:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:28:32","slug":"why-do-d-c-bicyclists-ride-like-kamikaze-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/30\/why-do-d-c-bicyclists-ride-like-kamikaze-pilots\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do D.C. Bicyclists Ride Like Kamikaze Pilots?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-rjixqe r-16dba41\" dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div id=\"notification-tweet-text\" class=\"css-146c3p1 r-8akbws r-krxsd3 r-dnmrzs r-1udh08x r-1udbk01 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-rjixqe r-16dba41 r-bnwqim\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Why do a third of Washington DC bicyclists ride like they are kamikaze pilots? Soaring biker fatalities spurred in part by bad govt. policies as well as bad car drivers. (via Free the People podcast)<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why do a third of Washington DC bicyclists ride like they are kamikaze pilots? Soaring biker fatalities spurred in part by bad govt. policies as well as bad car drivers. via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkibbe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mkibbe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchaffer15?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AdamSchaffer15<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RcnxNc7FG8\">pic.twitter.com\/RcnxNc7FG8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2017306560741900326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"1248\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image21.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image21.jpg 832w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image21-533x800.jpg 533w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image21-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image21-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image21-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do so many Washington bicyclists ride like kamikaze pilots?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4755,4756,4757,434],"class_list":["post-22324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bicycle","tag-crash","tag-kamikaze","tag-washington"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why do D.C. 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