Crazy people swearing at and driving RIGHT beside cyclists
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Unless it is an emergency then I can't claim to be sympathetic when you are unable to go as fast as you might be able to for a brief period of time.Terminate421 said:
By your arguement, I could drive down the road at 2moph, could I not? What I am getting at is while you may be entitled to use the road, are you entitled to go as slow as you want on it?
Poor arguement maybe, just trying to see a point that one could argue for. Roads are designed with a certain speed in mind, thats why they have speed limits. Seen some roads with a minimum limit on them as well as maximum, I like this idea, it would solve the issue easily.
Poor arguement maybe, just trying to see a point that one could argue for. Roads are designed with a certain speed in mind, thats why they have speed limits. Seen some roads with a minimum limit on them as well as maximum, I like this idea, it would solve the issue easily.
I'm perpetually rude to cyclists, but only because here in the Land of Do-As-You-Please, where everyone is either stupid, crazy or both, cyclists ride in the middle of the road, slowing down traffic even worse than normal. Plus, they have this bad habit of weaving between cars. I've actually seen an accident where a cyclist was hit by a car he tried to cut in front of.
Slowed down, rolled down the window and yelled at the cyclist.
Slowed down, rolled down the window and yelled at the cyclist.
Being in the right tire track might not be far enough to the right on a one lane road. Also, just because you have the legal right to be there does not mean that it is right. Pedestrians technically have right of way regardless of the situation. You will still get charged with vehicular manslaughter and failure to avoid an accident if a dumbass runs in front of you on the highway. However, I think one law clears up all confusion quite nicely for cyclists and pedestrians.Lonan said:
The law of gross tonnage= A car is bigger than you, and it will not really hurt the car any when it hits you.
You mean you were stuck for a couple of minutes?! I feel so bad for you.The Great Googly said:
Moral of the story is, patience won't kill you, so pipe down and wait for a damn moment.
You are assuming that drivers are rational human beings, and in my experience they are not. Something happens to us humans when we get behind the wheel of a car, and it is almost never pleasant.Gennadios said:
Bikers are getting a lot of undeserved ire from car owners, some of it is deserved, but most isn't. What many car owners and drivers need to get through their skulls is two very important lessons.
#1: The road doesn't belong to them. As long as they are being respectful, bikers have as much right to be there as drivers do. We pay taxes that pay for a service, that service is roads, we own as much of the road as drivers do
#2: that bikers already have it rough enough. Our vehicles aren't fast, or safe, or even that easy to control in many types of terrain, but sometimes they are all we've got, so show some respect
#3: That waiting for thirty seconds to safely pass someone is NOT going to have an irrecoverable impact on your day. Chill the fuck out.
#4: Shouting swears out your car window, no matter the reason, always makes you look like a total douche.
And to all these comments about "Bike lanes" and "Bike trails", sometimes those are hard to find and really useless. In my home town, the one and only bike trail is located... almost half a kilometer out of the city, is dirt, is underwater every time is rains and doesn't even go close to downtown. And with the sidewalks made illegal to ride on, our options are pretty limited
OP: I wasn't there, didn't see where you were riding so i can't say. However, i would say that asking whether you were in the right on an Internet forum is asking for trouble.
I don't mind a fast cyclist doing 30 mph ahead of me, streaming along like a goddamn rocket, what I hate is the slow, wobbly cyclist who appears to be actively trying to piss me off, seriously!
On another note: If a biker hits your car, the car owner pays the damages, not the biker.
On a second note: Lets play a game. I'll get in my heavily shielded, multiple redundant safety system car. You get on your bike and helmet. Now lets smash into each other.
Oh dear, you died. gg.
edit: Capcha: 'Toiled roads' Fuck yea capcha.
On another note: If a biker hits your car, the car owner pays the damages, not the biker.
On a second note: Lets play a game. I'll get in my heavily shielded, multiple redundant safety system car. You get on your bike and helmet. Now lets smash into each other.
Oh dear, you died. gg.
edit: Capcha: 'Toiled roads' Fuck yea capcha.
I really don't feel the need to explain my opinion on that. You can make what ever assumption you want about why.Lonan said:
But what I was getting at was maybe you should be mad that there is not a bike path on this road system, if it has such high foot, bicycle, and car traffic.
I never did it, and it's hard for me to imagine a bicyclist dying from a small spray of water. Still though an entire town eventually grew to loath people riding bikes. It could be because the entire town was D-Bags, or it could be because the bicycle riders were damn annoying.Arehexes said:
Keyword is respectful. If your mode of transportation cannot reliably reach the posted peed limit, you are obstructing the flow of traffic. Part of that respect includes hugging the curb and letting motorists pass.Soushi said:
As far as assuming most people are rational human beings, it's not much of a stretch, anything over 50% would constitute "most." I have more than enough faith in my fellow man to make that statement. If I unwittingly piss off two people with my behaviour, it's a sign that I *may* be doing something wrong and need to re-evaluate my thinking. Having one random nutjob flip me off is a random happenstance, having 2 is a sign.
the moral of the story is you are a reckless, dangerous idiot who shouldn't be allowed behind the wheel. People like you are, to put it simply, scum.The Great Googly said:
You are in a two ton metal box, if you hit a cyclist you will do them serious injury so pay some fucking attention to what you are doing, calm the fuck down, and drive safely.
a cyclist has every right to ride on the road, especially in countries where it is illegal to ride on the pavement, and if they need to slow you down to keep themselves safe then so be it. If it annoys you then remember that their life is more important than a few minutes of your time and suck it up.
That being said, a cyclist should only be in the middle of the road if that is the only safe place for them e.g a residential neighborhood with tight streets lined with parked cars, as they are at risk from randomly opening doors. in this situation a good driver will be going slowly anyway. if they aren't then they should get a ticket. under normal circumstances 3-4 feet from the curb is more than adequate room for a cyclist.
Still, motorists need to make sure they are aware of cyclists and ensure their safety by not being dangerous dickholes like the guy i quoted.
Because they are way too big, whereas a bike only takes up half of it, the same as a regular pedestrian.Saelune said:
Seriously, what is the purpose of that statement? Rebutting a legitimate question with an impossible scenario doesn't make for a sound argument.