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• Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Yeah I think the main problem isn’t the cyclists themselves, it’s that cyclists don’t have a safe place ride without getting ran over.

  Meaning that, as usual, cars are the problem.

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• Naich@piefed.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Cyclists aren’t a “problem” any more than traffic lights or stop signs are. Drivers should be able to deal with having to slow down a bit for a few seconds without getting upset about it. If you saw a driver shouting out of his window at a traffic light you’d think they were insane.

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  • proudblond@lemmy.world ⁨41⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    To be fair, if I saw a driver shouting out their window to a bicyclist, I’d also think they were insane (and a monumental asshole).

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    I had a traffic light swerve into the second lane as I was passing. I totally almost killed it.

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  • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Only “vehicular” cyclists are an issue, but TBH even other cyclists hate them.

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    • DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      What’s a vehicular cyclist?

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      • Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        A vehicular cyclist is a cyclist riding as if they were a car, so in the middle of the lane etc. It’s the adviced way of cycling when there is no proper infrastructure, as sticking to the side makes you less visible and more likely to be dangerously overtaken. It depends on the context of the road whether it is the best way, but I would not call them the problem, just a bad solution to a problem that should be solved by infrastructure.

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• i_need_your_bones@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  When they have their own lane and space cars still just use it. They park on the bike lanes, move into them if somebody’s passing on their left, or try and pass cars on their right if they find space during slow traffic.

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• thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I bike or walk pretty much everywhere I go, so my take on roads and traffic is that they’re usually far too car-centric (Norway). Even when I drive, I’m so used to thinking like a cyclist that I become very aware of how poorly roads are often designed around biking.

  With that said… The amount of cyclists with an apparent death wish is just staggering. Just two days ago I passed a cyclist in an 80 km/h zone. No issue there. Just around the next turn, I caught up to a second cyclist that I couldn’t immediately pass due to oncoming traffic. I’m behind this second cyclist, going downhill at maybe 50 km/h, with oncoming traffic on a relatively narrow road, when I notice that the first cyclist has caught up to us. Instead of placing himself behind me, he decided it was a brilliant idea to squeeze himself into the ≈ 1.5 m gap between me (a 6m long, 2-ton car going at 50 km/h) and the guard rail. At this point, I’m just sitting here terrified that I’ll end up accidentally squeezing him into the guard rail and killing him if I happen to move a couple centimeters too close to the edge of the road. I’m seriously afraid of breaking to let him in front of me, because I’m afraid he could hit my side-view mirror if I break unexpectedly (for him). There’s oncoming traffic, so I can’t move over to give him more space.

  To be honest, even when I’m biking myself I far too often find other cyclists to be absolute assholes with no respect for traffic rules. Of course, this doesn’t apply to everyone (by a long shot), but man those people cause the rest of us a lot of stress by being a danger to themselves and others.

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  • Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    A lot of Cyclists seem to have car brain when biking, but don’t realize they are on a bike.

    I have almost hit several cyclists that run red lights going 20+ MPH. Good thing I was paying attention…

    When I lived in a walking friendly area, I used to keep a metal multitool in my hand to hit cars with when they tried to run me over.

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