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The original was posted on /r/denmark by /u/TheDarnook on 2023-08-08 01:13:45+00:00.

I’ve been to Denmark a couple of times. I like it here, there are interesting places to find, and nice people to meet. I must look not too different from a native, becouse someone always starts a conversation with me, and I have to switch it to english. This shows how people here are open to eachother.

But what the fuck is happening on Ingerslevsgade street? It’s a place where all the tourist buses taken as “temporary” main bus station. There is little space for travellers: a gravel/mud sidewalk with trees. If there are more then one bus waiting, it overflows with people. Along the sidewalk, there is wide asphalt bike lane.

I understand that it’s annoying when your way to work is notoriously blocked with people. But is this enough to make cyclists act like they are obliged by law to crush a pedestrian that didn’t yield after being rung at?

This bike path is guaranteed to be occupied by people preoccupied with loading their heavy luggage and the general fact that they might spend another 24h travelling. I’m trying to be cautious, but the sheer psychological damage of observing other people being attacked like that is enough to make the day worse.

If someone jumps in front of a car, it’s his fault. But if the driver sees beforehand a person that is in his way and for any reason he suspects that person might not want to go away, it’s the drivers duty to make the situation as safe as possible for both parties. What matters is safety, not who is right.

Unless you build a real bus station, people will stand on that bike lane. Getting on the bus is a prority, and you won’t change it by running over people. Unless it’s some kind of secret national sport.